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The first interstellar object to explode on Earth
A fireball that ignited over Papua New Guinea in 2014 was a fast-flying object from another star system, according to a recent announcement by the US Space Command (USSC…
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The highest 524m super tsunami ever recorded on Earth
A tsunami taller than the Empire State Building occurred in 1958, after a landslide in Lituya Bay.
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Crazy plan to 'capture' the rocket to return to Earth by helicopter
US space launch service provider Rocket Lab is intending to implement a 'crazy' plan to pick up a booster rocket when the vehicle launches back to Earth from space.
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Caught another galactic 'through-the-air' laser that shot to Earth
The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has captured a ghostly, laser-like cosmic object that traveled 5 billion light-weights to reach our world.
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A planet may be changing, coming to life right next to Earth
New evidence for Earth's neighbor planet - Mars - suggests it may be far from dead!
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'Second Jupiter' discovered 17,000 light-years from Earth
Analysis of a trove of old image data from the Kepler space telescope reveals a gas giant exoplanet very similar to Jupiter.
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Why isn't the Earth perfectly round?
In fact, most planets and moons are not perfectly round, but are often distorted in one way or another.
Science Events
4 'stars' Kim, Wood, Fire, Earth are aligned in the sky
Entering April, Earth will have the opportunity to witness a beautiful scene in the sky, when 4 of the 5 brightest planets in the solar system appear to align in the ear…
Science Events
Earth's core is leaking, 'treasure' 13.8 billion years ago escapes to the surface
An ancient event caused the Earth's crust to partially melt, creating openings that let helium-3 treasure from the planet's heart gradually escape.
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Radio telescope 30 times the diameter of Earth
China will launch an observatory orbiting the Moon to create a radio telescope with a diameter of 400,000 km.
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Detecting Earth has a 'heartbeat': Shivering warning of disaster
A series of terrifying natural disasters and mass extinction events have revealed the Earth's heartbeat - a cycle of 27.5 million years that is completely extreme.
Science Events
Earth's crust is rearranged without anyone knowing: Scary warning
The new discovery of a looping effect between earthquakes and the movement of pieces of the Earth's crust raises concerns about unpredictable catastrophes and presents a…
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'Treasure Lake' contains things to help people live healthy beyond Earth
New research has found evidence of ice in permanently obscured impact craters on the Moon, which may have helped sustain the first extraterrestrial settlements.
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Will the Moon be able to collide with Earth like in the movie Moonfall?
The trailer of the movie Moonfall shows us a scenario in the future where the moon will collide with the Earth, but is this possible in reality?
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Appears like this Earth, habitable exoplanet
According to SciTech Daily, that's a Moon just as big as Earth's Moon.