Geminid meteor shower peaks in mid-December thanks to this puzzling asteroid
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Geminid meteor shower, one of the best meteor showers of the year, happens in December when...
Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming encounters
SPACE.com· 1 day agoNASA defines near-Earth objects (NEO) as asteroids or comets with orbits that bring them within 120 million miles (195 million kilometers) of the sun, meaning they are close ...
From mammoths to giant jellyfish, meet the extinct animals that once called Wisconsin home
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoA recent study has led scientists to ponder whether it was just an asteroid's collision with Earth...
Sample of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu, which may contain the seeds of life, arrives in UK...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, has arrived at London's...
Asteroid Phaethon's mysterious tail may finally have an explanation
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The asteroid’s surface gets so...
Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt - NASA
NASA· 1 day agoThis illustration made on Nov. 26, 1974, by Rick Giudice shows the Pioneer 10 spacecraft traveling through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter,...
December stargazing: Major meteor shower, ancient asteroid, Christmas full moon
MLive.com· 2 days agoStargazing highlights in December 2023 include the year’s strongest meteor shower, a big, bright...
How to see and where to watch the Geminid meteor shower at its peak — NASA says skies are ideal for...
Business Insider· 3 days agoThe Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak around the world the night of December 13-14, 2023.
The Meteors, Asteroids, and Planets You Can Photograph in December
PetaPixel· 18 hours agoMeteors, planets, and so much more graces the December night sky.
Curious double moon discovered orbiting asteroid 'Dinky' now has a name
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAsteroid Dinkinesh, target No. 1 on Lucy's journey, turned out to be not one, but two (technically...