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Scientists suggest Earth was once a ringed planet like Saturn — and could be again one day
Apophis, a 340-metre-wide asteroid, is going to get close to that distance in just five ... “But a ring would form more easily if the asteroid was captured into Earth’s orbit first, and then passed ...
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NASA Monitors As Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaches Earth Today
An asteroid the size of a school bus is due to zip past our planet on Wednesday, coming closer to us than the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, is forecast to skim past the Earth at a distance ...
Earth's powerful gravity might do a number on the asteroid Apophis
Measuring 1,000-feet-long, the massive asteroid was discovered in 2004. Apophis is predicted to pass within 20,000 miles of ...
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How the Earth and moon formed, explained
Planetary scientists have calculated the distance between the Earth and the Moon backwards in time and found that the moon used to be seventeen times closer (14,000 miles vs. 250,000 miles) when it ...
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Bus-Sized Asteroid to Pass Between Earth and Moon Next Week
This asteroid is due to zoom past the Earth on October 28, passing us at a distance of about 148,000 miles, which is closer to our planet than the moon. This may sound like an immense distance ...
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Here's What It Would Look Like If Saturn Flew Past Earth Closer Than The Moon
This month Saturn is closer to the Earth then it will be all year, making it appear particularly bright in the night sky, Slate reports.But even at its closest, the ringed planet is 830 million ...
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NASA Endorses Initial Deployment Of 400 Starlink Satellites Closer To Earth, Will Conduct Study To Gauge Impact On Travel To And From ISS
NASA is conducting a visiting vehicle study in coordination with SpaceX to gauge the possible impact of deploying Starlink satellites closer to Earth and below the International Space Station on ...