Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of striking Earth in 2032. NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday ...
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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
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Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space
The roadster was expected to go into elliptical orbit around the sun, going a little beyond Mars and back toward Earth, but it apparently exceeded the orbit of Mars and kept going to the asteroid ...
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Astronomers announce discovery of new asteroid — only to learn it’s a Tesla sports car hurling through space
Harvard University-affiliated astronomers announced the discovery of a new asteroid zooming precariously close to Earth — only to learn it was actually a Tesla sports car launched by Elon Musk ...
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NASA: Near-Earth Asteroid Likely Came from the Moon
A new study of 2024 PT5 suggests it's no coincidence this asteroid is hanging around in our celestial neighborhood. This object appears to be a piece of the Moon, which was broken off in a ...
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Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos. Yep, you read that right. The infinite vastness of outer ...
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NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
An asteroid the size of a school bus is set to zoom by the Earth on Tuesday, traveling several times faster than a speeding bullet. The asteroid, named 2025 BS4, is said by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...
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NASA tracking 'city killer' asteroid set to skim past Earth TOMORROW
NASA is tracking the path of an asteroid that is set to shoot past Earth going 35,000 miles per hour, 10 times faster than a speeding bullet, on Tuesday. Asteroid 2025 BS4 is predicted to ...
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The destructive real-life meteor strike that inspired 9-1-1: Lone Star's finale asteroid disaster
Patrick Gomez is an Executive Editor at Entertainment Weekly. Formerly at People magazine and The A.V. Club, the Critics Choice and Television Critics Association member has appeared on 'Today ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
Astronomers first spotted the asteroid on August 7 using the South Africa-based observatory of the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Despite predictions that the ...
Larry’s List: Motivational posters
On today’s “List,” WGN Morning News anchor Larry Potash shares his favorite motivational posters. Love the WGN Morning News?
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Art and Design
Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. By Zachary Small “There’s always a few athletes that cross over into almost superhero world,” said an artist whose mural ...