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Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen
New Scientist· 6 days agoAn asteroid that hit Earth’s atmosphere earlier this year was spinning once every 2.6 seconds,...
This Day, That Year: What Happened on April 29
Gadgets 360· 5 days agoOn this day in 2020, Earth witnessed a significant celestial event as the mile-wide asteroid known as 1998 OR2 made its close approach, passing within...
Why scientists lost track of a satellite in overcrowded space— for 25 years: ‘It’s basically like...
NY Post via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThis comes as scientists have made major breakthroughs regarding tracking interstellar objects. ...
Earth's Quasi-Moon Kamo'oalewa Might be Literal Offspring from the Moon
Sci Fi Wire· 2 days agoA quick glance at the Moon’s face reveals a long history of violent attacks going back billions of...
Why scientists lost track of a satellite in overcrowded space— for 25 years: ‘It’s basically like...
New York Post· 13 hours agoThis comes as scientists have made major breakthroughs regarding tracking interstellar objects. ...
Rogue Planets, Abundant Asteroids: Space Is More Crowded Than We Thought
Forbes· 2 days agoThe more we look into space with increasingly sensitive tools like NASA’s James Webb Telescope...
Novel calculations peg age of 'baby' asteroid
Phys.org· 2 days agoThe new method complements that work and has some advantages: It doesn't require an expensive spacecraft to capture close-up images, could be more accurate in cases where asteroid< ...
'Goodbye Earth' Ending Explained: Jin Se-kyung makes a tough choice to save humanity
MEAWW· 6 days agoBased on the Novel of the same name by Kōtarō Isaka, the dystopian sci-fi series follows the journey...
Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks
New York Times· 2 days agoWith the help of Google Cloud, scientists churned through hundreds of thousands of images of the night sky to reveal that the solar system is filled with unseen objects. A couple of years ago ...
How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
Gizmodo· 7 days agoIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close...