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Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoStill from an animation showing the close Earth flyby of the asteroid 2024 JN16 on May 14, 2024. A...
How the perils of space have affected asteroid Ryugu
Ars Technica· 2 days agoAn asteroid that has been wandering through space for billions of years is going to have been bombarded by everything from rocks to radiation. Billions...
Where did Earth's water come from? This ancient asteroid family may help us find out
SPACE.com· 6 days agoA family of primitive asteroids is providing astronomers with a window into the past as they seek to...
Astronomers determine Mars may face more potentially hazardous asteroids than Earth
Phys.org· 16 hours agoA team of astronomers at Nanjing University has found evidence that Mars likely has more potentially hazardous asteroids in its path than Earth. In their study, posted on ...
Colin Jost forced to joke about wife Scarlett Johansson’s body on ‘SNL’ ‘Weekend Update’
NY Post via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoJohansson also has a 9-year-old daughter, Rose, from her previous marriage to French journalist...
Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoStereo imaging will be an important tool on NEAR for geologic analysis of Eros, because it provides three-dimensional information on the asteroid's...
Out-of-this-world NYC skyscraper aims to hang from an asteroid
NY Post via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoAn architecture firm has formally drafted renderings for the unusual concept. The firm Clouds...
Watch a meteor's incredible light show above Spain and Portugal
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThese space objects feature dark green crystals made of a magnesium-iron silicate known as olivine....
A rare risk of asteroid fastballs turns scientists into sluggers
Salon.com· 5 days agoAs Andy Rivkin, one of the team leaders, was getting ready to appear in NASA’s live broadcast of the...
Asteroid’s Close Approach: Exploring Apophis With Cutting-Edge Mini Satellites
SciTechDaily· 3 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 strategies against ...