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Planned crewed launch of Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft called off
NASA announced on social media platform X that the problem was identified with an oxygen valve on p…
ANI
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NASA monitoring asteroids hurtling toward Earth at ferocious speeds
According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA's asteroid tracker, two a…
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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Two tiny asteroids to zoom past Earth this Diwali — likely without any fireworks
While both of them are on the watch list of asteroids to track, it’s unlikely that they will b…
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A school bus-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth tomorrow — safely zooming past the planet
Asteroid 2020 SW was discovered earlier this month on September 18 by the Catalina Sky Survey. A…
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NASA cases Asteroid Bennu ahead of snatch and grab — finds six new secrets, including a possible void under the surface
Officially called the Touch-and-Go (TAG) maneuver, the spacecraft will land on the asteroid for …
Prabhjote Gill
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16 asteroids are set to fly past Earth in June — one that's more than twice the size of the Taj Mahal
June is a busy month for asteroids with over 17 asteroids that have already flown past the Earth wi…
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An asteroid flew closer to Earth than the Moon — but nobody knew till two days later
Asteroids come and go, but we normally know when they’ll be flying past the planet. However, last m…
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Asteroid Day — everything you need to know about the rocks in our solar system that could one day hit Earth
Asteroid Day is just around the corner and there are many questions that people have about asteroid…
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Asteroid Day is next week — top five things you need to know
Asteroid Day happens on June 30 every year to mark the anniversary of the most devastating impact i…
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Here’s how you can watch the biggest asteroid of 2020 live as it zooms past the Earth
The good news is that you don’t have to be an expert astronomer or scientist in order to catch t…
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The biggest asteroid of 2020 will zoom past Earth on April 29 — adhering to 'social distancing' and even wearing a mask
The biggest asteroid of the year doesn’t care that Earth is under lockdown — and it’s set to zoom p…
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An asteroid is acting like a comet — confirming what scientists have speculated for years
Asteroid 2019 LD2 isn't your typical space rock, and it's not acting like it either.
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An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is set to fly past Earth in April — but it's not going to end the planet
Bigger than most average asteroids, normally a few feet in size, the asteroid does not pose a th…
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The 10 biggest asteroids that pose a threat to Earth in 2020
There are swarms of millions of asteroids in the Solar System. Most of them keep to themselves as t…
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An asteroid as big as the San Francisco bridge is set to whizz past Earth after Valentine’s Day
Within hours of Valentines Day coming to a close, Asteroid 2020 PZ39 is going to whizz past Earth.
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Earth has a new ‘mini-moon’ — and it’s not the first
The Moon isn’t the only space rock orbiting the Earth. A new mini-moon was spotted circling the pla…
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An asteroid that whizzed past Earth last week had its own Moon
Asteroids fly past Earth on a daily basis. More often than not, it’s more than one asteroid on any …
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Astronomers discover an asteroid that's closer to the Sun than any other
The semi-major axis is a useful way to measure how far an asteroid is from the Sun on aver…
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‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis won’t be crashing into Earth for at least another century
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the ‘God of Chaos’ ast…