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Asteroid that caused extinction of dinosaurs was a rare rock from beyond Jupiter
There is consensus among scientists that the mass extinction was caused by the impact of a large asteroid or comet that hit the Yucatan ... asteroid from beyond Jupiter. Scientists came to the ...
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Wispy comet photobombs 'rare' planetary parade above Chile's Atacama Desert (photos)
Jupiter and Mars as they make their way through the night sky. A bright moon lights up the desert beneath the planets and stars in the sky, while comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is just visible above the ...
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A giant, boiling, shrinking planet has a tail stretching 350,000 miles into space, astronomers discover
Studying this Jupiter-sized world and its long comet-like tail can teach us more about the physics of space, including how planets and their host stars evolve together over time. "The WASP-69b ...
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids ... What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images) Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens ...
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'Will nearly miss hitting Earth': ESA introduces Rameses Mission, set to study Asteroid Apophis
The Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet collision with Jupiter 30 years ago spurred interest in planetary defence, leading to missions like Ramses to prevent potential Earth impacts. Apophis, roughly 375 ...