Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
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Scientists are baffled after discovering bizarre 'icy balls' in space
The two objects seem to have contradictory characteristics, being cold enough to have abundant ice, but also infrared emission like a star.' Dr Shimonishi and his co-authors have now applied to use ...
NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end
(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...
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Strange object discovered in space should never have been there
Astronomers discover an unusual neutron star that emits double pulses, challenging theories about stellar remnants.
Six things to know about SPHEREx, NASA's newest space telescope
Expected to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA's SPHEREx space ...
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Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid
The reason was simple, if at first nonsensical: The object not only was definitely not an asteroid, but wasn't any sort of space object at all. Rather, it was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster.