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NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...
A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...
Only the hardy carbon-rich asteroids make it to Earth, after surviving the Sun’s heat and the fiery burnup that occurs when ...
It has long been suspected that carbonaceous materials are too weak to survive the fiery plunge through the atmosphere. But ...
As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...
It’s said that if you catch one in the night sky the universe might grant you a wish. On any given night, shooting stars are ...
As they enter the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up and create a ... That means there will be great meteor-watching ...
YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...