Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
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An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s why that is happening
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that ...
Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?
It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...
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Silent storms: Experts identify the mysterious source of solar wind
Scientists discovered tiny jets on the Sun that power both fast and slow solar wind. These jets eject particles and shape ...
NASA’s odds of ‘city-killing’ asteroid hitting Earth just went up — the highest probability ever
NASA just increased the odds that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 will strike our planet in 2032. The space agency claimed ...
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New study: Intelligent life is likely very common throughout the universe
Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random ...
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Small-scale fishers’ role in feeding the planet goes overlooked: Study
Small-scale fishers do labor-intensive work, generally in simple, locally owned boats using traditional technologies. Despite ...
Northern Lights Forecast: Here’s Where Aurora Borealis May Appear On Valentine’s Day
More states in the northern U.S. will have a chance of seeing aurora borealis on Friday, as high-speed winds from a spot on ...
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'Perhaps it's only a matter of time': Intelligent life may be much more likely than first thought, new model suggests
For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory ...
Odds of human-like lifeforms on other planets may be more likely than previously thought: study
Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...
An encroaching desert threatens to swallow homes and history
Shifting sands have long covered the ancient city’s 8th-century core and are encroaching on neighborhoods at its current edge. Residents say the desert is their destiny. As the world’s climate gets ...