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Here's How to See Six Planets in a Spectacular Planet Parade This Weekend
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria
Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...
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Risk of football pitch-sized asteroid hitting Earth doubles in a week
Nasa says explosion would be 150 times greater than A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima with chances of it smashing into the planet ...
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Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It's Not Pretty.
Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would ...
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Scientists Are Taking Possibility Of Asteroid Slamming Into Earth Seriously
The newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...
There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...
Scientists find a 'next step on a pathway to life' in space
Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...