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‘City-killer’ asteroid hurtling toward moon — this is the terrifying way it could wreak havoc on Earth
Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of ...
Eerie hidden world discovered by alien-hunting space telescope is first of its kind – and scientists nearly missed it
THE James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first-ever exoplanet – a distant world hidden by the glare of its nearest ...
A Jupiter-size planet as delicate as cotton candy provokes its star
Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...
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‘City killer’ asteroid on collision course with Moon could damage satellites
And unlike many other quality news outlets ... Of these factors, the study notes, location of the impact was the most critical. “Because the moon is orbiting the Earth at approximately 1km per second, ...
Is their life on planets in the 'Goldilocks zone' in space?
Over the last few years, the term "Goldilocks zone" has come to be widely used to describe the range of distances from a star ...
It turns out weather on other planets is a lot like on Earth
What do the clouds on Jupiter, dust storms on Mars and rainstorms on Titan all have in common? They look like they belong on ...
Will asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the moon?
YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
Webb telescope spots infant planets in different stages of development
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere brimming with dusty clouds and the other encircled by a disk of material - ...