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Scientists will point the world’s most powerful telescope at the asteroid 2024 YR4, in the hope of understanding whether it ...

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NASA warns about asteroid 2024 YR4 with a 2.3% chance of impact in 2032. Learn about its trajectory, risk level, and ...

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A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial planets, helping scientists piece together the chaotic history of our solar ...

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Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such ...

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