Asteroid 'as big as Manhattan' to brush past Earth - what would happen if it hit?
This Sunday, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is ...
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This Strange Comet-Asteroid Hybrid Is Like Nothing Else in The Solar System
In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System ...
NASA alert! Two large space rocks asteroid approaching Earth - check date, time, and other details
Two asteroids, 2024 YW9 and 2024 PT5, will pass close to Earth on January 9, 2025. NASA confirms they are not a threat. The ...
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This Strange Comet-Asteroid Hybrid Is Like Nothing Else in The Solar System
Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur ... and water ice. The detection of methane is particularly notable, the researchers say, with results that suggest ...
Comet G3 ATLAS to be visible from Earth in January 2025; a 160,000-year journey offering once-in-a-lifetime event to view
Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) will reach its brightest on January 13, 2025, potentially outshining Venus and Jupiter. Detected in ...
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working ...
10 Of The Coolest High-Tech Features Ever Utilized By Fighter Jets
Fighter jets are some of the most advanced weapon platforms ever devised. Here are some of the coolest high-tech features ...
Asteroid-comet hybrid stuns scientists: ‘Like nothing we’ve seen before’
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
Asteroid, Comet…or Something Else? Mysterious Activity on “Oddball” Space Object Raises New Questions
UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...