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Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

December 5th, 2024 by

A big asteroid zoomed past Earth and the moon early Dec. 4, setting it up for another close pass in 2028.

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Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

December 5th, 2024 by

Donald Trump’s choice for NASA chief is billionaire Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut who has funded and commanded two SpaceX missions.

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Solar maximum just knocked 3 satellites out of orbit. Here’s why more may be on the way.

December 5th, 2024 by

The Sun’s activity is what gives us beautiful auroras — but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go around Earth in a low orbit.

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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

December 4th, 2024 by

NEOWISE team members have unveiled six images from the spacecraft’s archives to celebrate the late space telescope’s long and productive scientific life.

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Why we can’t just name a quasi-moon ‘Moony McMoonface’

December 4th, 2024 by

You can vote on one of seven possible names for a quasi-moon of Earth and, unfortunately, Moony McMoonface isn’t on the list.

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See the moon and Venus take a sunset stroll through the night sky tonight

December 4th, 2024 by

The two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of Wednesday, Dec. 4.

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Watch Europe’s Vega-C rocket launch today on 1st flight since 2022 (video)

December 4th, 2024 by

In its first launch since a catastrophic failure in 2022, the European Space Agency’s Vega-C rocket is set to liftoff on its next mission.

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Will the International Space Station’s 2031 death dive cause pollution problems?

December 4th, 2024 by

The International Space Station will be steered to a controlled destruction in Earth’s atmosphere in 2031, if all goes to plan. Should we be worried about the pollution this death dive will cause?

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