Tag: asteroids

March 30, 2026 at 12:55 pm

When An Asteroid Enters A Kirkwood Gap In The Asteroid Field, It Could Actually Get Ejected Toward The Earth

Asteroid belt in Solar System

And I had always heard that Jupiter protected us from asteroids, not that it launched them at the Earth.

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March 26, 2026 at 12:55 pm

30 Asteroids Were Detected Passing Closer To Earth Than The Moon In October 2025 Alone

Asteroids over Earth

Space is filled with threats that we can’t see until it is too late.

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December 30, 2025 at 3:55 pm

Rocks That Make Up Canada, Greenland, And Hawaii May Be What’s Left Of The Original Earth Before A Mars-Like Asteroid Hit Billions Of Years Ago

Object impacting Earth

The Earth has had an eventful past.

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December 13, 2025 at 9:48 am

The Best Estimates For The Age Of Our Solar System Is About 4.55 Billion Years, But The Measurement Method Is Difficult And Imprecise

Solar System

It has been around for a long time.

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November 2, 2025 at 3:55 pm

Supermassive Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Be Made Of Elements Beyond The Periodic Table

Asteroid in space

What could you even do with an element like this?

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July 11, 2025 at 3:48 pm

The Mini-Moons That Occasionally Travel Alongside The Earth Might Not Be What We Thought

Moon in the sky

Apparently we (sometimes) have more moons than most people believe.

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March 7, 2025 at 9:49 am

Tucked Away In The Payload Bay Of The Most Recent SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is A Private Spacecraft That Aims To Mine Minerals From Asteroids In Deep Space

A SpaceX rocket launch

A future in which our precious metals are obtained from space is almost a reality.

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February 14, 2025 at 3:49 pm

European Space Agency Launches Their Hera Spacecraft To Investigate The Wreckage Of An Intentional NASA Asteroid Crash

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A space-based crash site investigation sounds incredible. 

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February 13, 2025 at 12:55 pm

New Paper On Fast Radio Bursts Proposes Potential Explanation For These Super-Massive Explosions In Space

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The amount of energy in FRBs is wild!

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January 4, 2025 at 9:49 am

NASA’s Planetary Defense Telescope (NEOWISE) Crashes Into The Atmosphere After An Impressive Life Of Nearly 15 Years

NASA Neowise Planetary Defense Satellite

What an incredible mission.

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