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The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

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Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

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Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

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A Moon Tree that stood outside of Kennedy Space Center. A few trees on Earth also connect us to the Moon. Have you ever heard of “Moon Trees?” “Moon Trees” never actually grew on the Moon, but their ...