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Two Killer Asteroids Are Flying by Earth, and You May Be Able to See One

The smaller of the pair was spotted only this month and could be visible with binoculars as it passes by…

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A Big Whack That Made the Moon May Have Also Created Continents That Move

Computer simulations suggest that a collision with another planetary object early in Earth’s history may have provided the heat to…

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William A. Anders, 90, Dies; Flew on First Manned Orbit of the Moon

During the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, his color photograph of an emerging Earth, known as “Earthrise,” became an icon and…

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Watch the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

The event will be active when the moon is just a sliver in the sky, but it is less easy…

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Someday, Earth Will Have a Final Total Solar Eclipse

The moon will drift far enough from Earth that it no longer fully obstructs the sun. But predicting when this…

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The White House Has That Sinking Feeling (Thanks to an Artist)

Kiyan Williams, for their Whitney Biennial commission, recreated the column-lined facade from soil. Viewers can watch as it crumbles, sprouts…

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How Earth Might Have Turned Into a Snowball

A team of scientists thinks the planet may have been thrust into its longest ice age because less gas leaked…

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Told Ya So: The Prescient Posters of the Environmental Movement

Graphic artists have been helping call attention to climate change for decades, and a new exhibition charts the evolution of…

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A Supernova ‘Destroyed’ Some of Earth’s Ozone for a Few Minutes in 2022

A new study suggests that explosive events in space have the potential to temporarily switch off the natural shield that…

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Billions of Years Ago, Venus May Have Had a Key Earthlike Feature

A new study makes the case that the solar system’s hellish second planet once may have had plate tectonics that…

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