After mission at NASA Goddard canceled, Maryland leaders press for answers
GREENBELT, Md. — Maryland leaders are pressing NASA for answers after a mission to keep satellites flying and cut down on ...
The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon—but Only for About a Month
On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little ...
More beauty, less ‘junk’ retail: Country Club Plaza’s new owner reveals future look
I want people in the neighborhoods to walk across the bridge and feel like you’ve entered Oz. . . .The streets are beautiful, ...
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Why Do So Many Tiny Asteroids Have Moons?
You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...
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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
Grab This Expert-Approved Leaf Vacuum Before the Piles Get Too Big
A leaf vacuum is needed when your lawn is covered with fallen leaves. We tracked down our favorites, including ones that ...
Key Bottleneck Solved: New Satellite Tech Breaks Single-User Barrier, Revolutionizing Global Internet Access
A new technique allows low-orbit satellite antennas to manage multiple users at once, potentially reducing satellite numbers ...
Asteroid to orbit Earth as 'mini-moon' for nearly 2 months: When you can see it
An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once
“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...
Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its Orbit? Here's what that means
This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...
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Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests
Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago, after it captured and wrecked a passing asteroid, a new study suggests. The debris ring, which likely lasted tens of millions of ...