NASA more than doubles chance that asteroid could hit Earth in 2032
"While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to a ...
NASA’s Webb Just Found Something Unexpected Beyond Neptune
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
NASA expert names countries that may be hit by asteroid that could hit Earth
A NASA engineer has shared a 'risk corridor' that shows the countries that could be hit by the 2024 YR4 asteroid if it were ...
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The impact of sea ice on global temperature trends
A new study focuses on improving global temperature data sets in light of uneven warming across the globe. To fill gaps in ...
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NASA Observing ‘City-Killer’ Asteroid En Route For Earth
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers study asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of striking Earth ...
NASA rover captures images of mysterious "mother-of-pearl" clouds above Mars
New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's ...
New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...
NASA doubles chances of 'destructive' asteroid hitting Earth
The chances of an asteroid slamming into Earth in just seven years from now have been upgraded by NASA. The worrying ...
NASA stumbles across 'faraway galaxy' that 'could uncover more secrets of the universe'
NASA has made the "surprising but amazing" discovery of a "faraway galaxy" never seen before. Amid the raft of findings NASA ...
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NASA's 3D Observation of the Sun Will Include Images of a Solar Eclipse From Space
NASA intends to take an unprecedented 3D observation of the sun this month. In doing so, the agency hopes to understand why its outer atmosphere — the corona — is hotter than its surface, how does the ...