A 80,000-year-old comet will make skygazing a must in October. Here's how to see the comet
The comet, named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and dubbed the "comet of the century," will be at its closest to Earth this ...
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Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs turned ants into farmers 66 million years ago
Some 66 million years ago, the catastrophic event that wiped out the dinosaurs sparked the beginning of a unique relationship ...
A rare comet could be visible in the Southern Tier. What to know, when to look
Kopernik Observatory Executive Director Drew Deskur discusses how to view rare comet that will be visible in the Southern ...
Researchers want to use pyrolysis to turn asteroids into food for long-term space exploration
A team of scientists from Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration have proposed mining asteroids to ...
When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi
You have probably seen leaf-cutter ants carrying bits of plants, maybe in a nature documentary, at a science museum or in the ...
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Nukes (Yes, Nukes) Could Save Earth from an Asteroid
A new study from Sandia National Laboratories focuses on how X-rays from a nuclear explosion could impact an asteroid on a ...
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Ceres: An ocean world in the asteroid belt
Spread the loveFor decades, Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, was considered a dry and dusty world. But recent ...
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Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Saturn is known for its stunning rings and its many moons (four seen here), but they aren’t the planet’s only companions. Its first known Trojan — an asteroid that shares the planet’s orbit around the ...
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SpaceX Launches Hera Planetary Defense Mission, Narrowly Escaping Hurricane Milton
SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's Hera mission on Monday to provide scientists with tools to prevent catastrophic ...
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Earth unlikely to be destroyed by doomsday asteroid swarms, study explains
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Visits Once every 80,000 Years: Here's How to See It
Recently, the comet has been obscured by the glare of the Sun, but it will soon become visible in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
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What If the Largest Asteroid Hit Earth?
Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but there are a few with very real chances of making contact. Watch the full episo ...