Asteroid
Satellite Debris the Size of a Bus Lights Up Bulgarian Sky
Late last night, a glowing object was observed in the sky over Bulgaria, which was later identified as a fragment of an artificial satellite. The object, estimated to be the size of a car or a bus, was initially mistaken for a meteorite or asteroid. However, Nikola Petrov, the director of the Rozhen Observatory, clarified that it was indeed a piece of "space junk."
NASA issues warning as asteroid the size of a football pitch approaches Earth
“There are millions of asteroids in our solar system, of which around 2,350 asteroids have been classified as potentially hazardous”
Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin
For only the eighth time in history, scientists detected an asteroid before it made its fiery appearance over Earth
Key building block for life discovered on distant asteroid Ryugu — and it could explain how life on Earth began
Scientists have found uracil, one of the key building blocks for RNA, on the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu
National Observatory researchers create ‘bridge’ in space
As part of NASA's Psyche mission, researchers from the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) have created a 300-million-kilometer-long communication "bridge" in space.
Giant star to be eclipsed
Betelgeuse, one of the largest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily disappear some time on Monday night into Tuesday dawn as an asteroid passes in front of it, causing a phenomenon that scientists on Earth will witness for the first time.
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NASA lab hopes to find life's building blocks in asteroid sample
A sample from the asteroid Bennu, which could be key to understanding the formation of the solar system and our own planet, is set to be analyzed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after it reaches Earth in late September.
Two planets sharing same orbit around their star
Astronomers reported on July 19 the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star.
They said it's the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, long suspected but never proven.
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Massive asteroid passes between Earth and Moon
An asteroid large enough to destroy a city has passed between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon, missing both.
The object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago.
As predicted by scientists, it passed within 175,000km of the Earth on March 25 after flying past the Moon, BBC News has reported.
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Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses Earth
Bruce Willis: you can stand down.
A truck-sized asteroid that suddenly loomed out of the darkness a few days ago -- with the Earth in its sights -- sailed harmlessly past us on Thursday, space scientists said.
Despite what we've seen in movies like "Armageddon," no global mission to blow it up or knock it off course with nuclear weapons was required.
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