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Asteroid, roughly size of a plane, to pass by Earth; know if it poses any threat
NASA has identified 2025 MM as part of the Aten group, a family of asteroids that regularly cross Earth’s orbital path.
Astronomers receive powerful radio signal only 4,500 km away from Earth: Here’s what they find next
Astronomers detected a powerful radio signal from near Earth, initially believed to be from a new space object. Check what ...
70-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit's hobbies on the ISS? Photography and 'science of opportunity'
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an energetic tinkerer and photographer, used his off-duty time on the International Space Station ...
NASA Alert! 120-Foot, airplane-sized asteroid approaching Earth at high speed today
NASA has confirmed asteroid 2025 MM is approaching. The asteroid measures nearly 120 feet across—about the size of a small ...
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New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires
FireSat is the first in a proposed constellation of more than 50 satellites that Muon Space hopes to use to monitor and ...
What are the chances of Earth being hit by a big asteroid?
Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...
An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines
Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...
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Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out
NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose material that could hold clues to the planet's ancient environment and ...
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The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Destruction of Earth Observation Science
Less research on environmental risks means we will be forced to operate with an incomplete understanding of those risks.
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NASA discovers link between Earth’s core and life-sustaining oxygen
For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...