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'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth in April 2029 — and these 3 space probes will be watching

Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...
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Bus-Size Asteroid Flew Closer Than The Moon - Watch The Orbit Animation

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust have captured the movement of the Milky Way’s spiral arms

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

A spacecraft could explore 3I/ATLAS to learn more about 'cosmic noon'

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

The Moon is Gradually Moving Away from Earth: Possible Future Scenarios

(Related reading: The impacts that gave us the Moon may explain why Earth has life today) ...

The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

Here's what astronomers know so far about the 3rd interstellar visitor ever found

Since its discovery, astronomers have been frantically trying to gather as much information as they can about the newest interstellar interloper dubbed 3I/ATLAS. It's been challenging, but they've ...