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Rocket Lab launches sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)
Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution imaging satellite for the company Blacksky toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18 ...
NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...
The Odds of a City-Killing Asteroid Hitting Earth Keep Rising
The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start ...
Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'
NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...
The odds of a city-killer asteroid impact in 2032 keep rising. Should we be worried?
Two weeks ago, when Ars first wrote about the asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies ...
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'Out of science fiction': First 3D observations of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveal a unique climate
Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...
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Why are 'fireworks' coming from a black hole? This is what scientists say
A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky ...
NASA releases updated statement and images as ‘city killer’ asteroid given chance of hitting Earth
NASA has issued a fresh statement on the potential 'city killer' asteroid known as 2024 YR4 with the odds of it hitting ...
'City-Killer' Asteroid's Risk Of Hitting Earth Drops To 1.5%. Why It Keeps Changing
On the Torino Scale, 2024 YR4's ranking of 3 indicates that current calculations show a 1 per cent or higher chance of a ...
Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.
The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...