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Space science
Record-fast spinning asteroid crashes into Earth
2024 BX1, the asteroid that crashed into Earth on January 21, rotated faster than any near-Earth object ever recorded.
Space science
NASA sets a record for transmitting data over 225 million km
The laser data transmission system on board Psyche is flying to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter transmitting data to Earth at a record distance.
Space science
Did NASA's Dart spacecraft indirectly bombard other planets?
The suicide dive of the NASA spacecraft named DART caused such a strong impact that our neighboring planet also
Space science
Detection of asteroid flying 30 times closer to Earth than the Moon
Astronomers discovered an asteroid as large as a car, closest to Earth at 1:28'42 on April 12 Hanoi time, at a distance of 18,700km.
Space science
What would happen if Mars and Earth switched places in the Solar System?
If Mars and Earth swap places in the Solar System, life on Earth will not be able to exist and we will no longer be able to live.
Doomsday
Many new conspiracy theories about the Apocalypse are spreading
TikTok users are coming up with a series of strange conspiracy theories about the end of the world, from cannibal monsters, vampires to killer asteroids, researchers say.
Space science
NASA spacecraft collects 250g sample on asteroid Bennu
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) arrived at the asteroid Bennu and obtained a sample weighing about 250 grams to…
Space science
Japan detects more than 20 types of amino acids in material samples from asteroids
On June 6, Japanese officials announced that scientists in this country had detected more than 20 types of amino acids in samples of materials caused by chemicals.
Space science
Asteroid the size of a blue whale approaches Earth
An asteroid at least the size of a blue whale will pass by Earth at more than 26,000 km/h, according to NASA.
Archeology
Found amber containing fragments of asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs
A tiny fragment of an asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago may be in the amber at the Tanis fossil site in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota.
Science Events
Asteroid nearly 500m has just passed the Earth
NASA says an asteroid with a diameter more than three times larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt flew past Earth today.
Science story
Asteroid 'crushing' system to protect Earth
The American scientist proposed the idea of launching a spacecraft to crash into the asteroid and make it explode into many pieces so that it is no longer capable of…
Space science
The 'most dangerous' asteroid of the decade did not crash into Earth
Through careful observation, experts determined that the 70-meter-wide asteroid 2022 AE1 will pass 10 million km from Earth next year.