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Supermassive Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Be Made Of Elements Beyond The Periodic Table
“In particular, some observed asteroids surpass this mass density threshold. Especially noteworthy is the asteroid 33 ...
Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...
Bright Side on MSN
The Most Dangerous Asteroid Is Here, But NASA Has a Plan
Have you heard about Asteroid Apophis? It's like the rockstar of space—cool name, big impact! This bad boy has been causing a ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032, and some scientists are considering whether they should nuke it. The study was recently submitted by over a dozen scientists ...
If such ‘twilight’ asteroids approach Earth, "they could pose serious impact hazards," warned the astronomer behind the ...
A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the moon in 2032.
Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...
Space.com on MSN
Astronomers discover 2nd fastest asteroid in the solar system hiding in the sun's glare
A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...
A small asteroid, known as 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, 2025, at an altitude of only 266 miles.
The reason people might think Earth has a second moon is due to a celestial body named 2025 PN7 that was spotted in August by ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
The Dinosaurs of North America Were Thriving Up Until an Asteroid Wiped Them Off the Face of the Earth, Scientists Argue
A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...
ZME Science on MSN
New Fossils Show Dinosaurs Were Thriving Until the Final Asteroid Strike
Fossils from New Mexico change how we look at dinosaur history.
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