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Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAccording to their simulations, there are almost 17,000 PHAs that could skim past Mars, but only about 4,700 such asteroids around Earth. [ Related: What...
Astronomers determine Mars may face more potentially hazardous asteroids than Earth
Phys.org· 3 days agoasteroids that are big enough to cause a major impact should they strike Mars and compared them to similar estimates for Earth. A lot of work is currently ...
Asteroid’s Close Approach: Exploring Apophis With Cutting-Edge Mini Satellites
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoIn 2029, asteroid Apophis will closely pass Earth, offering a rare research opportunity for projects like Germany’s NEAlight, which aims to develop defensive ...
Finding the age of a contact binary 'moon'
Phys.org· 7 hours agoIt found that Dinkinesh had a "moon"—and that moon was a "contact binary." Now known as Selam, it is made up of two objects that physically touch one another through gravity but aren't fully ...
Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)
SPACE.com· 5 days agoThe internet is alight with footage of a meteor that sped through the night skies over Portugal and...
Scientists reveal the only animal likely to survive the end of the world
UNILAD· 3 days agoResearchers from the University of Oxford and Harvard University were able to narrow down the...
A previously unknown branch of the Nile River showing the locations of the pyramids
Weston Forum· 2 days agoThe location of the famous pyramids is far away in the desert Nile Researchers were left puzzled for...
Gaze Into The Colossal Craters Of Mars And They Will Stare Icily Back
IFLScience· 4 days agoFreshly released images show a bird’s eye view of the colossal craters that scar the surface of...
New view shows the largest impact crater on Mars surface
Houston Chronicle· 6 days agoThe basin is roughly 2,050 miles wide, or twice the size of Earth's Sahara Desert. The region is known to exhibit ice-related features on and below the surface, including ...
The Sky This Week from May 17 to 24: The Moon visits Antares
Astronomy Magazine· 7 days agoThe Moon occults two bright stars along the ecliptic as we also enjoy comets, asteroids, and star...
