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NASA Observing ‘City-Killer’ Asteroid En Route For Earth
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032. Initially detected in December, its impact ...
Astronomers Track a Runaway Star and Its Planet Traveling at Hyperspeed
The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...
How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
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New NASA Aircraft Guidance System to Help Trim Research Cost
Learn how NASA might lower its Earth science study costs through Soxnav, a new aircraft guidance system helping optimize ...
NASA to study 'city-killer' asteroid as chances of hitting Earth increase
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.
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Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
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Moon will change to red color for one night in March, here’s why
People gazing up at the night sky this March will have the opportunity to see the Moon change color during a special eclipse ...
An asteroid has a very small chance to hit Earth. What happens if it does?
Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...
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NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas Sinking, Rising Along California Coast
The elevation changes may seem small — amounting to fractions of inches per year — but they can increase or decrease local ...