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Near-Earth Objects
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I found a new meteor shower, and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun
This composite image shows the Geminid meteors, captured in 2020 using Global Meteor Network software. Aleksandar Merlak Patrick…
How Big Does an Asteroid Need to Be to End Humanity?
From city-destroyers to planet-sterilizers, scientists are tracking the asteroids that could one day threaten all life on Earth and developing the technology to prevent them from doing so.
The Viewpoint: A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever
Now operational, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is creating a 10-year movie of the universe to investigate everything from the nature of dark matter to the threat of nearby asteroids.
Why we are so scared of space – and how this fear can drive conspiracy theories
klyaksun/Shutterstock Tony Milligan, King’s College London There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there’s still time to…