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A skyscraper-sized 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will zip through Earth's orbit on Halloween A newly discovered, "potentially hazardous" asteroid almost the size of the world's tallest skyscraper is set to tumble past Earth just in time for Halloween, according to NASA. The asteroid, called 2022 RM4, has an estimated diameter of between 1,083 ...
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U.Va creates technology to aid NASA lunar exploration NASA has selected the School of Engineering and Applied Science to work on technology that can hopefully be applied for future missions to the moon as it prepares to launch Artemis and return astronauts to the moon. With the last manned mission to the ...
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Mars lander discovers massive crater created by meteoroid near Martian equator, unearths buried ice ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent discovery by NASA's InSight lander could have implications for NASA's future plans to send astronauts to the red planet. On Dec. 24, 2021, NASA's InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 Marsquake that scientists later learned was ...
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NASA tool can detect methane 'super-emitters' from space The agency's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), installed on the International Space Station in July, has found more than 50 locations in Asia, the Middle East and the United States releasing methane at high rates.
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Astro Bob: Total lunar eclipse highlights November sky events Temperatures may plummet in November, but the heavens are heating up! Check out the latest night-sky calendar. Total eclipse May 2022. The fully eclipsed moon is dark enough to see stars right up to its edge. Binoculars provide the best view.
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Skyscraper-sized asteroid to pass Earth this week. Here's how close it will actually get Live Science reports that the asteroid, called 2022 RM4, has an estimated diameter of 1,083-2,428 feet or 330-740 meters, just under Dubai's 2,716-foot-tall Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. The asteroid will barely pass our planet at around ...
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the sun 'smiling' There's a bit of interesting science behind the resemblance. "Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space," according to NASA. The sun is constantly sending ...
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The 'meteors of Halloween' are back this year. What to know about spotting a fireball During this time, astronomers and skywatchers typically enjoy watching Taurid meteor showers, which are "low activity" showers, so only a few meteors cross the sky per hour. Usually, only a few Taurids are visible from Earth, the astronomers said, but when ...
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Taurid Meteor Shower Could Unleash a Swarm of Fireballs This Halloween And every seven years or so, our planet visits a particularly dense pocket of the cosmic detritus that can produce fire in the sky just in time for some fiery Halloween celestial spookiness. The last ...
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Hear and see the 'rare' impacts after large meteoroid hits Mars Scientists revealed Thursday that two of its Mars robots recorded a sizable quake, leaving a crater bigger than any ever recorded in the solar system. The Mars Insight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake on December 24, but scientists only recently ...
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