4.6 bn-year-old asteroid FW13 from early solar system is racing towards Earth at 35,000 mph, NASA warns
NASA has announced that a 510-foot asteroid, roughly the size of a building, will make close passes by Earth. Despite its ...
A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’
A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.
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Earth Might Have Had a Ring System Like Saturn Millions of Years Ago
The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.
Astronomers are getting better at detecting asteroids before they hit Earth—and it could save us from catastrophe
On September 4 2024, astronomers discovered an asteroid, 1 meter in diameter, heading towards Earth. The space rock would ...
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once
“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...
NASA watches a peanut-shaped asteroid drift past Earth
Peanuts! Get your peanuts here! The solar system has been passing out peanuts lately in the form of two different oddly ...
Earth may have once had a Saturn-like ring system, new evidence suggests
To reach that surprisingly conclusion, scientists studied the positions of 21 asteroid impact craters during the Ordovician period – the second of six periods in the ...
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'Severe' G4-level solar storm just hit Earth, auroras expected in Southern U.S.
Auroras: On a brighter note, the geomagnetic storm might produce spectacular auroras, probably visible in the Southern United ...
Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its Orbit? Here's what that means
This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...
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How many times has Earth orbited the sun?
For about 4.5 billion years, our planet has circled the sun on a stable, rhythmic path. Each of Earth's orbits takes ...
Intuitive Machines shoots for the Moon with NASA's $4.82B lunar relay jackpot
According to Intuitive Machines, the award is a Near Space Network (NSN) contract for missions in the near-space region, ...
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Mesmerizing animation shows Earth's tectonic plates moving from 1.8 billion years ago to today
There are 4.6 billion years of it to investigate ... the many students and researchers from the Tectonics and Earth Systems Group at The University of Adelaide and national and international ...