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It is comforting to imagine that trained in the universe on both space- and earth-based telescopes, we could find asteroids of any dangerous size a mile away on our way, which would have plenty of time to color them white or explode them. . But every asteroid we see coming …

In 2015, a Leonid fireball was captured in Sweden. SpaceWeather.com/AndrePushche Say what you will about 2020, it has been a shining year in the night sky, with Bright comets And Plenty of meteor showers Which continues with the appearance of the annual Leonids in November, picking up this week. Leonids …

Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) – SpaceX launched four astronauts for the International Space Station on Sunday on the first fully developed taxi flight for NASA by a private company. The Falcon rocket roaring at night from the Kennedy Space Center was the second crew to be launched by SpaceX with …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Huge, aging cables supporting one of the world’s largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly making their way to the U.S. Resolving in the region, the observatory known for its role in the discovery of astronomy is on the verge of collapse. . The Territorial …

This graph shows how the amount of water in the atmosphere of Mars varies depending on the tuna. The proportion of water spikes during global and regional dust storms, which occur during southern spring and summer. Credit: University of Arizona / Shane Stone / NASA Goddard / Dan Gallagher Scientists …