An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
How to view Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus this month
In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...
Northern Lights Forecast: These 10 Northern U.S. States May See Aurora Borealis Tonight
Several states across the northern U.S. have an opportunity to see aurora borealis on Monday, while some radio blackouts are ...
'It could illuminate an area the size of a football stadium': How Russia launched a giant space mirror in 1993
The Znamya project had the potential to change the world. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an experiment that was ...
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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
Blue Ghost lunar lander is documenting its journey to the moon. The views are breathtaking
The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from Earth’s orbit as well as a video of Earth ...
Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Borealis May Be Seen In More States Tonight—Here’s Where
The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases ...
Northern Lights Forecast: Geomagnetic Storm Could Bring Aurora Borealis To These States Tonight
The effects of a coronal mass ejection—a bubble of plasma that bursts from the sun’s surface—will likely impact Earth’s magnetic field on Saturday, bringing the northern lights to several northern U.S ...
NASA reveals photo of Jupiter in stunning ultraviolet light
The data used to create the image is from a Hubble Space Telescope project to capture and map Jupiter's superstorm system.
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Why Are There So Many Aurora Borealis Displays These Days?
The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.