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A recently discovered asteroid that has captured the attention of the astronomy community now has a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth ... chance of hitting our planet on December 22 ...

These planets may be nowhere near each other in their solar orbits but are visible from the perspective of Earth.

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these are photons that have travelled millions or billions of miles through space to hit your retinas." A seven-planet parade visible from Earth is not expected to occur again until 2040.

People will be able to see a rare sight at the end of this month when all seven other planets in our solar system ... all visible at once from our little perch on Earth." ...

2024 — An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few ...

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The Earth completes one rotation every 24 hours to give us day and night. When Britain faces the Sun it is daytime, but the other side of the world is in darkness. So in Australia it is the middle ...

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