Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon travel by asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed roughly 150 million years ago.
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ATLANTIC SKIES: There's a new Lucy in the sky and her mission is to help us understand the solar system
British rock band The Beatles put out a song titled ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. The song’s letters, LSD, were said at ...
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Predictions for the detection of Earth and Mars Trojan asteroids by the Gaia satellite
We find that Gaia will not detect the Earth Trojan 2010 TK 7 although it will detect any ... The results of the Gaia mission will test the predictions about the Mars Trojan asteroid population and ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially thought to pose a threat to Earth, will not impact the planet in 2032, though a collision with the moon remains possible. It follows ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object — possibly as ...
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NASA warning: Massive asteroid twice the size of the Taj Mahal hurtling toward Earth at 77,282 km/h
Asteroid 2014 TN17, a massive 540-foot space rock, will safely pass Earth at a distance of 5 million kilometers on March 26, 2025. However, its potentially hazardous designation stresses the ...
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NASA warning: Massive asteroid twice the size of Taj Mahal approaching Earth at a speed of…, will it hit…
The asteroid, measuring 165 meters in width—twice the size of the Taj Mahal—is heading toward Earth at a high speed of 77,282 km/hour. Although the asteroid will pass Earth from a safe ...