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Researchers discover first 'conjoined' twin planets in the universe
The ALMA radio observatory in Chile's deadly Atacama Desert has just collected incredible data from a pair of giant planets bound together in a single orbit.
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Today, Vietnam welcomes the biggest meteor shower of the year
The meteor shower from objects related to the origin of life on Earth will peak on the night of December 13 and early morning of December 14.
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Announcement of discovery of micro-asteroid population in the Solar System
An astronomical research team at the University of Liège in this country and international colleagues have just announced the discovery of a population of 138 smallest a…
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Leonis Minorid asteroid approaching Earth
A Leonis Minorid asteroid has just passed close to Earth and exploded in the sky over Puerto Rico.
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Earth Says Goodbye to 'Mini Moon'
For the past two months, an asteroid named 2024 PT5 has been circling Earth like a
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Super telescope finds unbelievable thing flying between Mars and Jupiter
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an unusual asteroid right in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Space science
The second moon is about to leave Earth
A mini-moon the size of a bus is orbiting Earth in its final days and won't reappear until 2055.
Biology
Amazing ability of tiny 'powerhouses' to live longer than dinosaurs
When it hit Earth, the Chicxulub asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but it failed to do the same to cockroaches, and there's a reason why.
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Where 99% of the gold on Earth is concentrated
Most of the gold on Earth is concentrated in the Earth's core, beyond human ability to mine.
Space science
5 asteroids flew past Earth on the same day
On Thursday (October 24), several asteroids made their closest approach to Earth, each passing within 24 hours.
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NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into asteroid
NASA's DART spacecraft crashes into harmless Dimorphos asteroid in world's first planetary defense test.
Space science
An ocean world hidden between Mars and Jupiter?
The largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter may once have had an ocean like Earth.
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ESA launches Hera spacecraft to study how to protect Earth
On October 7, the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched the Hera spacecraft carrying a mission to study how to protect the Earth from collision threats from…
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Why did birds survive while dinosaurs became extinct?
After the asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, some toothless birds may have survived thanks to their ability to forage.
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'Killer number 2' secretly lands on Earth amid meteorite disaster
The mysterious object has carved a crater 8km wide into the Earth's surface and could be