Asteroid-Hunting NASA Spacecraft to Slingshot Around Earth Tonight. Watch It Live
The spunky Lucy mission will make a second gravity assist of our world tonight as it heads off on its hunt for the solar ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft prepares for second Earth gravity assist
On Dec. 12, at 11:15 p.m. EST, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently in a two-year orbit around the sun, will skim Earth's ...
Primitive meteorites formed in less turbulent solar nebula, researchers suggest
Chondritic meteorites (chondrites) are some of the oldest rocks in our solar system, forming 4.5 billion years ago. Therefore ...
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The 2024 Geminid Meteor Shower Is About To Peak - Here's What to Know
The Geminid meteor shower could produce up to 120 meteors per hour if the sky is perfectly dark, according to the Planetary ...
How to catch the Geminids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year
Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets, but a few — including the Geminids — result from the debris of ...
Astronomers Find 7 'Dark Comets,' Discover They Come In 2 Different Flavors
The rocky bodies, which look like asteroids but act like comets, could comprise up to 60% of near-Earth objects.
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NASA discovers seven objects that look like asteroids but act like comets
NASA has announced the discovery of seven astronomical objects that come in two flavors; they look like asteroids but ...
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5 asteroids that may hit Earth: Names and collision odds
Large asteroids are considered a potential threat to the Earth. That's why scientists closely monitor them and record every ...
MIT Unveils Breakthrough in Detecting Tiny Asteroids, Boosting Planetary Defense
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to detect small asteroids in the main asteroid belt, significantly improving our ability to spot objects as little as 10 meters across. This new technique, ...