NASA changes the risk of a "city killer" asteroid impacting Earth
An asteroid large enough to potentially devastate a city is now deemed significantly less likely to collide with Earth in 2032, based on the latest data from NASA. In recent weeks, the space agency ...
Astronomers Detect Flares From Milky Way's Black Hole
Astronomer Yusef-Zadeh explained that flares are expected in all supermassive black holes, but Sagittarius A is unique.
Computer History Museum Appoints Marc Etkind as New President and Chief Executive Officer
Mountain View, California, Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Computer History Museum (CHM), the leading institution working to decode technology—its computing past, digital present, and future ...
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Fears of giant asteroid smashing Earth increase as NASA upgrades collision chances
Space scientists at the world-famous agency calculated the odds in January of the 100-metre-wide giant rock called 2024 YR4 ...
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Scientists name seven cities that could be in path of large asteroid
Currently, the predicted areas the asteroid could hit stretches from the Pacific Ocean, over South America, the Atlantic ...
Webb telescope spies the Milky Way’s black hole constantly ‘bubbling’ with light
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...
NASA telescope captures mysterious 'firework display' from black hole in the middle of our galaxy
The black hole, dubbed Sagittarius A*, is 26,000 light years away from Earth and sits at the centre of our home galaxy, the ...
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Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 have reached new high
YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its trajectory, the odds of ...
NASA increases odds of asteroid hitting Earth to 1 in 32
It could cause mass destruction if it lands in a populated area - hundreds of times worse than the Hiroshima bomb ...
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When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...
Telescope Captures "City-Killer" Asteroid, NASA Tracking Potential Threat
A newly discovered asteroid has climbed to the top of NASA's impact risk list after fresh observations doubled its chances of ...