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 ...
Chunks of Alpha Centauri—Our Closest Stellar Neighbor—Might Have Already Reached Us
A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...
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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
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Brown astronomers create new technique to eliminate signals disrupting sensitive radio telescopes
An unexpected television signal traced to an airplane led to a new method for pinpointing unwanted radio signals, as growing ...
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How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth?
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
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Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
Within a few days it had risen to the top of NASA’s Sentry risk table and the European Space Agency’s near-Earth object Risk List. In subsequent updates, experts revised its chance of impact ...
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Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
“We are not worried at all, because of this 99 percent chance it will miss,” said Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. “But it deserves attention.
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Asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty sparks global defence plan as it heads towards Earth
"We are not worried at all, because of this 99% chance it will miss," said Paul Chodas, director of Nasa's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies. "But it deserves attention." And Catalina Sky ...
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Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
The system includes four telescopes around the world that hunt near-Earth objects, and its telescope in Chile was the one to make the find. It wasn't until a few days later that the object caught ...
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Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
The system includes four telescopes around the world that hunt near-Earth objects, and its telescope in Chile was the one to make the find. The object was then first reported on Dec. 27 ...