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An asteroid will make a close flyby of Earth, and scientists are excited
Quartz· 11 hours agoIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close...
Hera asteroid mission's side-trip to Mars
Phys.org· 12 hours agoESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defense will make a swingby of Mars next March, borrowing speed to help reach its target Didymos binary ...
Large asteroid to pass closer to Earth than many satellites in 2029
Cosmos· 2 weeks agoIn 2029 the asteroid once considered the most probable to strike the Earth will fly uncomfortably...
Car-sized Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth, Narrowly Missing Collision
Gadgets 360· 2 weeks agoAstronomers had their hands full when a brand-new asteroid, 2024 GJ2, made an unexpected visit to...
Gamma-ray burst from magnetar lights up star-forming galaxy
Cosmos· 23 hours agoAstronomers have witnessed a rare giant flare from a magnetar about 12 million light-years away....
Inhospitable Venus could hold clues to finding extraterrestrial life
Cosmos· 3 days agoA new paper argues that the search for life outside our planet could be aided by looking in an unexpected place: the extremely hot, toxic planet Venus. Venus is uninhabitable. It’s “runaway ...
'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 3 'Jinaal' is a slow but steady affair
Space via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA trip back to Trill is nice, but we're starting to wonder if this final season will end up a...
Pluto's 'heart' is yet another bummer for the dwarf planet
Mashable· 5 days agoBless Pluto’s heart. When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft first snapped photos of an unusual...