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 ...
Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero
Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.
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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 ...
Odds of ‘city-killing’ asteroid hitting earth in 2032 reach new high
NASA just increased the odds that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 will strike our planet in 2032. The space agency claimed that the dangerous space rock now has a 1-in-38, or 2.6 per cent, chance of ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Shock study suggests aliens 'like humans' exist in universe
Scientists have revealed a new model which suggests humanity is the "natural evolutionary outcome" for our planet and is not ...
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Why human-like life in space may be more common than we think
Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the “hard steps” model argues that our evolutionary ...