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Mystery space rock blazing through solar system ‘may be oldest comet ever seen’ – and there’s a chance you can spot it
AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...
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What If a Black Hole Passed Near the Solar System?
Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .
NASA warns! 1200- foot asteroid 2005 VO5 to pass Earth today - know its speed, distance, and potential risk
A large asteroid will pass close to Earth in July 2025. NASA and ISRO are closely monitoring its trajectory. The asteroid, ...
NASA alerts of a massive 1,200-foot asteroid, 2005 VO5, set to pass Earth at high speed today
Measuring about 1,200 feet wide, 2005 VO5 belongs to the Aten group. These asteroids have orbits that frequently cross ...
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What is space and what’s floating about in it?
We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.
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Bus-Size Asteroid Flew Closer Than The Moon - Watch The Orbit Animation
DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m).
Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
Massive boulders ejected during DART mission may complicate future asteroid deflection efforts
When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...
A massive 65-foot asteroid to skim past Earth at high speed today, NASA confirms
NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2025 MN88, measuring about 65 feet wide, will make its closest approach on 6 July.