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NASA's plan to deflect an asteroid: Can we really save Earth?
Picture this. You're sitting at breakfast, scrolling the news, when suddenly headlines scream that a space rock the size of a ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is About to Make Its Closest Approach to Earth. Here’s How to View It With Binoculars or a Telescope
On December 19, avid skywatchers can catch a glimpse of the mysterious visitor through powerful binoculars or a telescope ...
The 38-foot-wide space rock is projected to come to within just 123,000 miles of our planet, according to NASA.
Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events ...
An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of ...
This week, five asteroids will fly past Earth, close enough to be categorized as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). However, NASA predicts that none will pose any real risk to the planet for ...
The comet will come much closer to Jupiter in March, zipping within 33 million miles. It will be the mid-2030s before it ...
Space.com on MSN
NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth (video)
"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...
The nitrogen in the gum was found to be in nitrogen heterocycles, which are the building blocks of nucleobases in DNA and RNA ...
The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.
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