An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
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How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth?
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
So About That Asteroid That Could Hit Earth ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
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NASA photographs the rare occurrence of the moon crossing the face of the Earth from a million miles away
Sitting between the Earth and the Sun, DSCOVR’s primary mission is to monitor real-time solar winds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The far side of the moon remained a ...
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Could aliens spot humans on Earth? These 12 signs might reveal human life from 12,000 lightyears away – here’s how
These powerful radio signals could potentially be detected from up to 12,000 light-years away—far beyond what city lights on Earth can reach ... stars other than our Sun—that lie in the ...
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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ... collide with Earth? As Earth moves around the sun, it is ...
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Aliens could spot humans on Earth by clocking 12 signs – and top of the list exposes us to E.T 12,000 lightyears away
That's because planetary radar travels over vast distances – exposing us at far ... away. And scientists say that's just beyond Proxima Centauri – the closest star to Earth after the Sun.
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Did astronomers find the most volcanic planet in the universe?
A recent multi-institutional study spearheaded by NASA has revealed the most volcanic place we know of. The planet, coined L ...
Solar Orbiter Captures Incredible Footage of Tiny Jets Near the Sun’s South Pole
The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, ...
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
and WF/PC enjoyed a cleansing blast of ultraviolet light originating from 150 million kilometers away that scrubbed its detectors of QEH. The sun is far larger than the WF/PC field of view ...