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A 'Nation-Busting' Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2036
Comets are different from asteroids for a number of reasons. The biggest difference is that asteroi…
Dina Spector
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The real science behind the mysterious 'Devil Comet' that's larger than Mount Everest and erupting for reasons scientists don't fully understand
The 12P/Pons-Brooks comet is passing by Earth for the first time in the 21st century.
Jessica Orwig,Charles R. Davis
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Mysterious patches of glass scattered across the Chilean desert are likely the products of an ancient exploding comet
Heat from a comet explosion likely melted and fused soil in the Chilean desert, transforming it int…
Aria Bendix
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An amateur astronomer caught one of the brightest fireballs ever seen on Jupiter. Watch the rare video footage.
An asteroid or comet smacked Jupiter on camera. Only a few impacts this big and bright have ever be…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks Thursday night. Here's how to watch colorful streaks and fireballs lighting up the sky.
The Orionids appear when Earth travels through debris from Halley's Comet. NASA calls them one of t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Orionids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's how to see shooting stars from the dust of Halley's Comet.
Halley's Comet left behind a trail of dust that Earth plows through each year, producing a display …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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TUNGUSKA: 106 Years Ago, A Mysterious Explosion 1000x More Powerful Than The Hiroshima Bomb Rocked Siberia
But science seems to miss a key point at the time. There were lots of astronomers and telescopes. T…
Sam Ro
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10 things in tech you need to know today
6. Secretive startup Palantir is suing an investor alleging he was trying to steal its business ide…
James Cook
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The Taurids meteor shower sends fireballs streaking across the sky this week. Here's how to spot them.
The Taurids come in two different streams, which coincide this week. The Southern Taurids are debri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Orionids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's how to see the shooting stars from the dust of Halley's Comet.
After midnight on October 21 and 22, when the Orionids' location has risen high in the sky, find a …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Comet Neowise is a dazzling sight, but it's also a reminder of how woefully unprepared we are for dangerous asteroids
A NASA telescope spotted Comet Neowise by sheer luck three months ago. If the comet were a killer a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week, but a Hunter's Moon will make shooting stars harder to spot
The Orionids appear when Earth travels through debris from Halley's Comet. But the full moon will l…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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THE TUNGUSKA EVENT: This Is What Would Happen If Today's Flyby Asteroid Hit Earth
Scientists believe that a football field-sized, solid ice chunk of a comet entered Earth's atmosphe…
Sam Ro
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The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is peaking, giving you the chance to see up to 40 shooting stars an hour. Here's how to watch.
This year, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower is set to be even more stunning than usual, with experts …
Marianne Guenot
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Russia has plans to build missiles for space that could be fired at a moment's notice
"Most rockets work on boiling fuel. Their fueling begins 10 days before the launch and, therefore, …
Jessica Orwig
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Leonardo DiCaprio says 'The Revenant' was 'the most difficult film I've ever done' and he's almost died
"Then there was this Delta Airlines flight to Russia... I was sitting there looking out at the wing…
Anjelica Oswald
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Crazy Image Shows How Tiny Earth Is Compared To Our Sun
VY Canis Majoris is a hypergiant star located 3,900 light years from Earth. Hypergiants are a categ…
Jessica Orwig
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An exploding star nova is due to show up in our skies soon. Here's how to spot it.
Our neighborhood nova T Coronae Borealis is due to release a "hydrogen-bomb" worth of energy this y…
Marianne Guenot
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There's an unsettling reason why we know about the gigantic fireball that no one ever saw
"I can think of three ways to detect a big fireball in this case: Satellite observations, which wou…