Australians will have their only chance to spy a newly discovered blue-green comet scorching past Earth during the next fortnight – coinciding with the flashy peak of a meteor shower – before the ...
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An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. It's the size of the Eiffel Tower, shaped like a peanut and potentially hazardous—sounds scary, right? Take asteroid 2026 JH2. It was first detected on May 10, ...
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An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.
NASA is currently monitoring a bus-sized asteroid set to zoom past the Earth on March 26 at a speed of around 23,197 miles per hour. The space rock—known as “2026 FB4″— is about 29 feet across and is ...
Mercury reaches greatest western elongation at 7 P.M. EDT this evening, standing 28° from the Sun. However, the planet is only currently visible in the predawn sky. You can catch it in the east ...