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Massive Asteroid Bigger Than the Empire State Building is Racing Toward Earth
On June 5, 2025, a massive asteroid known as 424482 (2008 DG5) is set to pass by Earth. The asteroid, which measures ...
China launches spacecraft headed for asteroids near Mars
The country's space agency said it will return “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos." ...
June skygazing: A strawberry moon, the summer solstice… and Asteroid Day!
In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...
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Tianwen-2 is voyaging to an asteroid and a comet
After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...
Are we in a sixth mass extinction?
Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...
Venus may be hiding potential ‘city-killer’ asteroid, researchers claim
( NewsNation) — Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say. A new study ...
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Sampling a 'quasi-moon': What's next for China's newly launched Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling mission
The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...
China mission lifts off to explore two unusual objects that haven’t been visited by spacecraft before
China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid ...
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Did an Asteroid Impact Cause Earth’s First Great Flood?
Scientists are investigating whether an asteroid impact could have triggered Earth’s first great flood, reshaping the planet’s surface billions of years ago. Evidence suggests that a massive space ...