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Earth's orbit may be in trouble. Why space debris is to blame.
There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...
Solar storm could bring auroras farther south over the US than they typically appear
A geomagnetic storm unleashed by the sun on Sunday could create colorful auroral displays over parts of the United States ...
A solar storm could hit Earth. Here’s how it could affect you
A powerful geomagnetic storm aimed at Earth could disrupt technology and bring a stunning celestial show as far south as ...
Here’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Earth
There's something else that now appears on Google Earth. Zoom in over rural North Texas, and you'll find a satellite. It ...
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Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?
After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?
NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.
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‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course with the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit
Asteroid 2024 YR4 will likely spare Earth, but still has a chance of hitting the Moon. MetaBallStudios / SWNS While there’s still a 96.2% chance the asteroid will miss the satellite completely ...
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Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit
On February 20, NASA removed 2024 YR4 from its naughty list after calculations showed that the asteroid had a near-zero chance of hitting Earth. Phew. The news gets even better—new observations ...
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Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon
But the odds that it will instead crash into Earth's satellite have been steadily rising ... If the asteroid still had a more than 1% chance of hitting Earth, "the development of one or more ...
New observations show the asteroid that won’t hit Earth resembles a spinning hockey puck
The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research using shooting stars may explain why.