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How NASA science data defends Earth from asteroids
YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...
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Scientists Found a New 'Asteroid' Orbiting Too Close to Earth — Turns Out, It Was Elon Musk’s Car
In a bizarre misinterpretation by the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union, the discovery of a new ...
Astronomers find 128 new moons orbiting Saturn
The Minor Planet Center confirmed the discoveries on March 11. The team observed Saturn repeatedly between 2019 and 2021 and ...
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Saturn Gets 128 More Moons, Here's How They Were Discovered
TEMPO.CO, Bandung - The planet Saturn has recently gained an additional 128 natural satellites. The Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) noted that Saturn now has a total ...
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Comet SWAN puts on a must-see sky show as it becomes visible with binoculars without telescope
Reports said Minor Planet Center officially designated comet SWAN25F as C/2025 F2 (SWAN) on April 8. SWAN is an instrument particularly designed to study the Sun by mapping variations in the solar ...