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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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A comet may have melted one of the world’s oldest civilisations to a crisp at more than 2,200 degrees Celsius
Abu Hureyra, one of the world’s oldest civilisations, might have been crushed by cosmic collisi…
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Asteroids the size of planes will fly past Earth today, within hours of each other
The fourth space object, Asteroid (2019 XY) was first spotted by astronomers on 3 December 201…
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It’s a record day for asteroids as three of them plan to fly past Earth
Aside from the fact that there will be three asteroids gunning for the planet, it's even rar…
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Two asteroids bigger than the Japan tsunamis are coming eerily close to Earth today
Asteroids whiz past Earth on a regular basis but it’s rare to see two of them gunning for the plane…
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A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will whiz past earth at 49,000 km/hr on Friday
When it blasts past Earth on 6 September 2019, it will be flying at a speed of 49,000 kilomete…
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What happens when an asteroid actually hits Earth
And it only seems more likely since, despite the Center of Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) a…
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Wavering NASA lander detects biggest Mars quake yet, even as dust drains its energy
NASA's InSight lander is fighting a layer of Mars dust that's covering its solar panels and causing…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Penguins as big as humans survived whatever killed the dinosaurs — as per fossils in New Zealand
The eroding banks of a river can hold many treasures — gold and gems. In New Zealand, prehistoric b…
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Watch the moon get pounded by 1 billion years' worth of big asteroids in a 1-minute animation
"The moon is like a time capsule, helping us understand the Earth," William Bottke, a space scienti…
Dave Mosher
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Why Japan is landing hopping robots on an asteroid
The rovers have already achieved their first hop. Now, this may be the first time Japan has landed …
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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Dinosaurs dying off might not have be been the biggest mass extinction on Earth
Rocks found in Canada indicate that there might have been an even larger mass extinction befor…
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2020 will likely be a groundbreaking year in space. Here's a calendar of the biggest rocket launches, meteor showers, eclipses, and more.
Three different Mars rovers are set to launch this summer. SpaceX and Boeing expect to launch their…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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'Among Us' is the biggest game of 2020, but don't play it on the Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch port of "Among Us" is worse than its counterparts in controls, accessibility, a…
William Antonelli
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The 4 biggest trends in luxury fashion for 2020
2020 is about to get far out. In the next decade, NASA's plans include landing humans on the moon, …
Hillary Hoffower
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It's been 50 years since the last moonwalk. NASA astronauts explain why it took so long.
NASA's new Space Launch System had some technical issues, but astronauts say the real reason the US…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Hilary …
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11 of the biggest innovations shaping the future of spaceflight today
Most who grew up during the days of the space race were promised a future with moon colonies, orbit…
Dave Johnson
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The biggest dinosaurs of all time
But it was the sauropods, like Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, and Brachiosaurus, who reached enormous pr…
Uma Sharma,Shira Polan
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The asteroid that obliterated the dinosaurs came uncomfortably close to wiping out mammals too
The researchers analyzed fossil records from western North America from around 68 million years ago…
Ali Sundermier
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The world's biggest shipping company warns Trump's China tariffs are hammering global trade
AP Moller-Maersk pegged growth in global container trade at 1.7% in the first quarter, a sharp slow…