Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
Gaia Just Found Two Massive Objects That Shouldn’t Exist – And Astronomers Are Stunned
Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Pluto Is Still a Planet (Sort Of)
According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...
If Planets Had Social Media: Mercury’s Tweets, Saturn’s LinkedIn, and Pluto’s Petition
If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...
Unique metal-poor luminous blue variable inspected by astronomers
Russian astronomers have conducted photometric observations of a unique extremely metal-poor luminous blue variable star ...
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'This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that's just bizarre.' Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for 'I Heart ...
Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' ...
For children: The universe tells the story of Earth, its most special planet
Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...
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What will Jesus do when heaven becomes scientists’ playground?
Since then, Jesus has not wept again despite humanity’s continuing misbehaviour since He left. Jesus has not wept since ...
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Hospice of the Red River Valley moves into new home
The hospice agency is settling into its new administrative space in south Fargo and will soon open Heather's House, which has ...
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A ‘city-killer’ asteroid might hit Earth – how worried should we be?
swinging through the inner planets before shooting past Mars and out toward Jupiter. For now, it’s zooming away from Earth – its next close pass won’t come until 2028. “The odds are very good that not ...
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Reading boy, 4, writes first children book about 'bringing back pluto'
A four-year-old boy's curiosity about planets has inspired him to write his first children's book. Viaan Mundeja-Gupta, who is fascinated by the cosmos, came up with an imaginative story about making ...