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The Staggering Amount Of Space Debris That Hits Earth Daily
Despite its reputation, outer space is far from empty, and the region around our planet is particularly riddled with space ...
Earth dodges massive solar storm, with space experts watching for more activity
Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class solar flare is the most intense type of solar flare and can produce as ...
Meteorite that once collided with Earth 'penetrated deep into atmosphere'
"It penetrated deep into Earth's atmosphere, until the surviving mass shattered at 25 km above the Earth's surface where it ...
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"Mudball meteorite" spent 2 million years avoiding collision – until Earth
One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas ...
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SpaceX Astronauts Will Try Growing the First Mushrooms in Space on Upcoming Fram2 Mission Over Earth’s Poles
For the first time, the "Mission MushVroom" experiment on SpaceX's Fram2 mission will attempt to grow mushrooms in space ... hundreds of miles above Earth’s surface. The crew member responsible ...
Earth Spared, Moon in Danger? Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has 4% Chance of Hitting Lunar Surface
After sending chills down their spines with its brief stint as the highest-risk space object ever recorded, a near-Earth ...
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Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit Moon
An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, ...