The odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting earth just changed again. This time for the better
Even in the increasingly unlikely event of an impact from YR4, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest appear to be safe from impact ...
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New Study Reveals Earth’s Ice Caps Are More Fragile Than We Thought – And Their Final Melt May Be Looming
For many, the sight of vast ice caps at Earth’s poles seems like an unshakable feature of our planet. Yet, a new study ...
Massive Solar Storm Unleashes Mysterious New Radiation Belts
A fierce solar storm in May 2024 did more than disrupt GPS — it created two new radiation belts. A revived CubeSat captured ...
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida
SpaceX on Friday morning launched 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...
An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
The Prototype: Microsoft Unveils A New Class Of Quantum Chip
Plus: Stopping asteroids from hitting Earth, solving climate change with fertilizer and building strength by eating grapes.
Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero
Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.
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Unveiling the Top 10 Climate Discoveries
The Power of Ice Cores Ice cores are like time capsules that hold the secrets of Earth's past climate. Scientists drill deep ...
Egypt announces first discovery of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's was found over a century ago
Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King ...
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Will an Asteroid Hit Earth in 2032? The Space Rock Has the ‘Highest Impact Probability’ Ever Recorded, but That’s Likely to Change
A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. NASA has calculated that the ...
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New process gets common rocks to trap carbon rapidly, cheaply
Scientists have discovered how to turn common minerals into materials that spontaneously remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the lab, the materials pull CO2 from the air thousands ...