Tag: asteroid

September 7, 2025 at 12:55 pm

New Study Says Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has A 4% Chance Of Hitting The Moon

Illustration of asteroid hitting the moon

If this asteroid hits the moon, it could light up the night.

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July 31, 2025 at 9:49 am

New Study Says Massive Impact May Have Created The Unexplained Magnetic Rocks On The Moon

Lunar surface with Earth in the background

we might get firm answers to this old question within the next decade.

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May 19, 2025 at 3:48 pm

Scientists Discover How Earth And The Sun Protect Us From The Impact Of Our Universe’s Most Abundant Asteroids

A meteor flying against a black sky

We get to witness the spectacle as they blaze above our skies in the night.

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May 15, 2025 at 12:55 pm

Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has Recently Been Elevated To The Riskiest Asteroid Ever Detected

Asteroid 2024 traveling in space

Astronomers are studying this highly dangerous asteroid closely.

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February 15, 2025 at 12:49 pm

Not All Meteorites Are Just Rocks From Space. In Fact, Pallasite Meteorites Are Made Of Beautiful Gemstones.

Source: Gozitano, CC By-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

I didn’t know meteorites could be so beautiful. 

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February 1, 2025 at 9:49 am

Experts Thought The Asteroid Apophis Would Hit Earth, But Now It Will Be Studied Closely As It Passes By In 2029

Source: Shutterstock

Hopefully this asteroid doesn’t come much closer in the future.

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January 27, 2025 at 12:53 pm

Evidence Shows Dinosaurs Survived Intense Volcanic Eruptions During Their Time On Earth

Source: Shutterstock

Dinosaurs survived some very rough environments. 

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December 30, 2024 at 9:50 am

Ominous Sounding Space Object Provides Scientists With New Insight In How And Why We’re Here

Source: European Southern Observatory/M. Kornmesser

These mysterious celestial objects could give us the clearest answer yet.

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November 25, 2024 at 9:47 am

NASA Successfully Completed Communications Test With Distant Spacecraft That Achieves Data Transmission Rates 100 Times Faster Than Previously Possible

Source: NASA/JPL

That is a remarkably fast connection!

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November 20, 2024 at 9:46 am

New Study Of Samples From Bennu Asteroid Indicate That It Came From A Distant Watery Planet

Source: Lauretta & Connolly et al, 2024, Meteoritics & Planetary Science

It is incredible what we can learn from relatively small samples from an asteroid. 

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