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How do scientists calculate the probability that an asteroid could hit Earth?

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 22:11

The 2024 YR4 asteroid may come close to Earth, but how do experts calculate this potential impact?

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The Milky Way brightens the moonless summer sky this week: Here’s where to look

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 21:11

Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

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Rare sight from space: Snow dusts the dry Atacama Desert | Space photo of the day for July 23, 2025

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 20:11

The Atacama Desert in Chile recently received some snowfall, causing issues for the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope.

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This star escaped a supermassive black hole’s violent grips — then returned for round 2

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 20:11

A death-defying star survived destruction by a ravenous supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event, and came back to let the cosmic titan take another bite!

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Sharp-eyed US-Indian satellite set to launch July 30 to monitor Earth’s surface, warn of natural disasters

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 17:11

NISAR, a joint mission of NASA and ISRO set to launch on July 30, will be able to see shifts in the landscape smaller than a centimeter to give warning of potential natural disasters.

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SpaceX launches 2 powerful internet satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video)

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 05:12

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two of SES’s O3b mPOWER communications satellites toward medium-Earth orbit today (July 22), then aced its landing on a ship at sea.

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This 200-light-year-wide structure could be feeding our galaxy’s center: ‘No one had any idea this cloud existed’

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 02:11

Astronomers have discovered a 200-light-year-wide Giant Molecular Cloud dubbed the Midpoint cloud that seems to be feeding star-building material to the heart of the Milky Way.

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‘They are coming here.’ AI soldiers invade Earth in thrilling new ‘Tron: Ares’ trailer

Submit on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 01:11

‘A malfunctioning program who wants to live. Why is that?’

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