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Earth's second moon, a mini-moon, will drift away in a few days and never return
On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.
When To See ‘Halloween Fireballs’ This Weekend As Taurid Meteors Peak
When is the Taurid meteor shower? The South taurids will be best seen this weekend in dark moonless skies, with a high chance ...
Apophis: a new European space mission could get up close with a large asteroid that’s set to brush by Earth
Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...
Spooky Spectral Views of Earth Captured by Hera’s HyperScout From Deep Space
In celebration of Halloween, Hera’s HyperScout H instrument captures Earth in an eerie, spectral glow, showcasing our planet ...
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Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact
Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...
NASA's Plot to Capture an Asteroid and Save Humanity Almost Failed.
The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the ...
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Earth sure looks spooky in these 'hyperspectral' images from Europe's Hera asteroid probe
The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet ...
NASA Devised a Wild Plot to Capture an Asteroid and Save Humanity. It Almost Failed
The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.
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Nostradamus had one chilling prediction for 2025 that could see scary astronomical event happen
Well, Nostradamus also had some startling predictions for 2025, including a major space event. A colossal asteroid, known as ...
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November: Stargazing in Fluvanna
This phase of the moon is a great time for stargazing since the bright side of the moon faces away from Earth and won’t overshadow celestial bodies and events. Of course, clouds and other weather ...