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Artist's rendering of the asteroid responsible for ending the dinosaur's reign over Earth. Photo: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Watch NASA’s Free Documentary About Protecting Earth From Deadly Asteroids
NASA’s got a plan for taking care of asteroids that pose a threat to Earth. Their new documentary lays it out.
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NASA; dima_zel / Getty Images James Webb Telescope Found a Planet-Sized Object Roaming Through Space
A co-author of the study on SIMP 0136 described the object as “watching Earth from far away.”
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Astronaut on phone. (gorodenkoff / Getty Images) Astronauts Are Streaming Live on Twitch—and You Can Talk to Them
Have a question you’d like to ask an astronaut, but it was just floating around in your head? Now you get to ask one while they’re floating around in space.
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(Photo via brightstars / Getty Images) NASA’s Solar Probe Just Flew Closer to the Sun Than Any Spacecraft in History
“Just a total ‘Yay! We did it!’ moment.”
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A weather balloon, not a drone. (Photo: NASA) NASA Astronaut Says 2 ‘Metallic Orbs’ Almost Hit His Plane at 9,000 Feet
The former astronaut did not see the objects on his radar, and was not notified about them by air traffic control.
