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The Sky This Week from March 21 to 28: Galilean moon action
Plus: Observe two stunning spirals, see Venus reappear as a morning star, and enjoy the Last Quarter Moon in the sky this ...
A Meteorite Fell to Earth From a Planet That Doesn’t Exist
This is particularly puzzling, as a vast majority of meteorites can be traced to some well-known parent body—whether that be ...
Finger Lakes Times8d
A New Space Intruder Just Entered Our Solar System
Geneva, NY (14456) Today Scattered snow showers during the evening. Then partly to mostly cloudy overnight. Low around 35F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30%..
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Near-Earth Asteroids Formed Billions of Years Ago. But What Makes Them Tick?
And Vesta is especially large; if you combined the mass of the asteroid belt, it would still only be about 4% of the mass of the Moon. Since asteroids don’t have a whole lot of mass, relatively ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
Image of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in January 2025, observed at infrared wavelengths. | Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
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4 govt school students discover new asteroid
Kota: Four students of Mahatma Gandhi govt school, Pachpahar, a modest town in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan, have discovered a hitherto unknown asteroid in the main asteroid belt (MAB ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
When the universe gives you asteroid lemons, you should make science lemonade. The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of ...