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4 asteroids — including one plane sized and two house sized objects — to approach the Earth today, NASA warns: here’s all we know
NASA is tracking several asteroids that will pass near Earth in October 2024, none pose any direct …
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Last week, an asteroid pair came dangerously close to Earth, posed for some pictures and left!
Both asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 came in peace and were more than happy to be papped. 2011 UL21…
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Arizona is the epicenter of the debate over how Trump's mass deportation plan would hit the economy
The mass deportations former president Donald Trump is proposing could reshape labor markets, strai…
Noah Sheidlower
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Bengaluru-based Pixxel Space plans to mine asteroids for building settlements in space
Satellites can look for ice on asteroids which can be used as fuel by splitting it into hydrogen an…
PTI
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A 3-billion-year-old meteorite might have sparked life on Earth, study asserts
A massive meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have triggered environmental changes that hel…
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Netflix's 'This is the Zodiac Speaking' tells the story of the hunt for a serial killer. Here's what happened to murder suspect Arthur Leigh Allen.
Netflix's "This is the Zodiac Speaking" details the hunt for a serial killer in the 1970s, and expl…
Eammon Jacobs
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I live in Valencia, Spain, where flooding has taken over 100 lives. I can hardly believe what's happened here.
Jesús Lucero Ezquerro lives in Valencia and describes deep mud and cars piled up in the Spanish cit…
Thibault Spirlet
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Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.
Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…
Jenny McGrath
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A geoscientist explains what would happen if Earth suddenly stopped spinning
If you were standing on Earth's equator when it suddenly stopped spinning, you could go flying east…
Emily Swaim
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Earth is about to get a 2nd moon, for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.
A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-b…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How Trump could exploit a looming global struggle for rare-earth minerals
The power grab over rare-earth minerals in Central Asia could be among the issues that will work to…
Tom Porter
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2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.
On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can wa…
Ellyn Lapointe
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The jaw-dropping 'Alien: Romulus' ending sets it apart from other blockbusters. Here's what happens.
Fede Álvarez cranks up the body horror in the jaw-dropping "Alien: Romulus" ending. Here's a breakd…
Eammon Jacobs
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Instead of killing jobs, there's a strange AI hiring boom happening, according to Marc Andreessen
Tech companies are hiring thousands of programmers, doctors, and lawyers to hand-write answers that…
Alistair Barr
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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…
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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth
Astronauts on the International Space Station age slightly slower than the rest of us on Earth due …
Kelly Dickerson,Natalie Musum…
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These parents wouldn't let their teens have phones. Here's what happened.
Teens whose parents wouldn't let them have a phone report they're alive and (mostly) well.
Katie Notopoulos
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Robinhood's cofounder has joined the rapidly growing commercial space race, and wants to beam solar power from satellites to earth
A report from McKinsey earlier in 2024 estimated that the global space economy will be worth $1.8 t…