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YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
The recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 has caught astronomers' attention for an unexpected reason. While the risk of ...
Astronomers discovered 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object moving at over 60 km/s towards the Sun. It's the third known object ...
Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.
Early predictions suggested a 1% chance of a collision with Earth, a figure that was later revised to a remarkably low 0.004% ...
On this week's episode of the Best of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald: lizard bubble breathing, ancient puberty, zapping an ...
The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...
A MYSTERIOUS cosmic object has been spotted zooming through our solar system – and astronomers say it is only the third of ...
A Martian meteorite, NWA-16788, weighing 24.67 kg, will be auctioned at Sotheby's. Found in Niger, it is estimated to fetch up to $4 million.
NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth ...
NASA has since confirmed the object is an interstellar comet called 3I/ATLAS – and it is only the third interstellar object ...