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[ad_1] A newly discovered bus-sized asteroid will glide safely across Earth today (May 3), passing a distance of just over half the moon. Asteroid 2020 JA will fly through Earth at a range of approximately 148,000 miles (238,000 km) when it passes today. That is approximately 0.62 times the distance …

[ad_1] Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host to Ask an astronaut and Space radioand author of “Your place in the universe.Sutter contributed this article to Expert voices from Space.com: Op-Ed & Insights. Magnetars, super dense, highly magnetized, fast-spinning stars, are among …

[ad_1] The Universe is a wonderful place, filled with a large number of planets to explore, unsolved mysteries, and even ‘super bubbles’ blown by black holes. But there is one thing that space really is not: noisy. Without Earth’s air molecules that help you listen, out there in space you …

[ad_1] -> A new study, published on April 30, 2020 in Science, used an advanced laser Earth observation instrument on board a satellite to make precise and detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has changed between 2003 and 2019. The study results show …

[ad_1] The Sun is displaying unusual behavior, the researchers say: It appears to be very calm compared to its galactic companions. A new study used data collected by the Kepler Space Telescope to make a comparison between the brightness of the Sun and other similar stars in the Universe. According …

[ad_1] Sky watchers can look forward to an exciting month of cosmic phenomena, starting with a meteor shower to mark a beautiful start to Cinco de Mayo. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is expected to peak in the early hours of Tuesday, May 5. With most people trapped inside, isolating …

[ad_1] Scientists have found that rodents’ eyes and brains appear to have incredibly similar drainage systems that are used for self-cleaning, and there is reason to think that this might apply to us, too. This type of maintenance is necessary to remove cells and waste fluids, and we know that …

[ad_1] Rabat: German-Moroccan paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim has released new evidence that spinosaurus dinosaurs could swim, a controversial theory, using their tails to propel them through the water. Studying the fossil of a “Spinosaurus aegyptiacus” tail that researchers found in eastern Morocco, Ibrahim concluded that the tail was “unequivocal evidence” of …

[ad_1] From nasa Spitzer Space Telescope He may be removed, but the things he witnessed during his sixteen-and-a-half-year mission will be the subject of study for many years. For example, Spitzer It is the only telescope to witness something truly amazing happening in the center of the distant galaxy OJ …

[ad_1] NASA satellites have provided more data than ever on what has been happening in Antarctica and Greenland ice in the past 16 years with dire, if not completely unexpected, findings. Both polar ice sheets lose billions of tons of ice each year and increase sea level rise. The results …