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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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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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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 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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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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Eiffel Tower sized asteroid set to zoom past Earth today
Aside from the size, asteroid has impressive speed as well. Observations show that it will b…
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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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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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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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Jupiter and Saturn will reunite after 800 years on the shortest day of the year to form a rare 'Christmas star'
The winter solstice, set to occur on December 21, will see these two planets align for the first…
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The asteroid NASA is about to strike poses no threat to Earth, but 60% of city-killer rocks fly under the radar
NASA's DART mission is about to practice deflecting an asteroid away from Earth. But NASA can't pro…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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Asteroid Day is on June 30 — and it’s the one day no asteroid will be making its close approach
Asteroid Day is on June 30 and ironically no asteroid has any plans of flying anywhere close to Ear…
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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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The world's oldest asteroid struck Earth 2.2 billion years ago triggering one of the first global warming episodes in history
The world’s oldest asteroid struck 2.2 billion years ago and it might have been the reason why the …