An asteroid that is wider than the tallest building in the world is set to make one of its closest encounters with Earth next week. NASA projects that the asteroid, named 7482 (1994 PC1), will fly by on January 18.
The asteroid is estimated to measure at roughly 1 kilometer, or more than 3,280 feet, across — a size that is more than twice the height of New York's Empire State Building, which is 1,454 feet from base to antenna, and hundreds of feet more than Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest
Massive asteroids can sneak up on Earth by appearing slower - study - The Jerusalem Post
Rice University: Earth isn't 'super' because the sun had rings before planets – India
Shiv Nadar University Chennai Introduces Fully Residential Ph.D. Programs in Engineering, Sciences, Humanities, and Commerce
Wes Anderson's Roald Dahl Movie Adds Rupert Friend, Richard Ayoade
There has been plenty of recent casting news around Wes Anderson ’s adaptation of Roald Dahl ’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More for Netflix.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More was a collection of seven short stories, which are a mix of fiction and nonfiction, written by Dahl and published in 1977.
End-Triassic Extinction Conditions Eerily Similar To Modern Climate Change
The end-Triassic extinction event was caused by similar conditions to modern day climate change , according to a new study.
The phrase " climate change " is mostly associated with the impact humans have had on the planet and its environment since the first Industrial Revolution. However, the planet has undergone several climate change events throughout its 4.5 billion years of existence.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 14 – 22 - Sky &
Jupiter still shines high and bright in the southwest at dusk. But Saturn and Mercury, very far to its lower right, are now quite difficult very low in the sunset afterglow. Bring binoculars!
■ The waxing gibbous Moon this evening shines between the horn-tip stars of Taurus, Beta and Zeta Tauri. This arrangement of Moon between two stars lies midway between, and more or less lined up with, two brighter stars, Capella and Betelgeuse, much farther to either side.
The Gates Of Hell Is a Perpetually Burning Sinkhole That May Finally Be Extinguished after 50
The leader of Turkmenistan would like to finally close the "Gates of Hell" crater that has been burning in the Karakum Desert since the 1970s.
As reported by Metro , the president of Turkmenistan has urged scientists to find a way to seal up the fiery sinkhole, officially known as the Darvaza Crater, largely due to the environmental damage caused by the "methane and other noxious gases" that it releases into the air, which has sparked
NASA [Smdp] Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples Proposals for Hayabusa2 Samples Starting
C.16 Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (LARS) solicits (among other things) proposals to conduct analytical studies of astromaterials already returned by planetary missions.
Previously, LARS mentioned that Hayabusa2 (H2) samples would be available. JAXA recently published its catalog of H2 samples returned from asteroid Ryugu available for allocation.
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Some grocery store shelves across the US are wiped clean as pandemic and supply chain disruptions present new setbacks for supermarkets. While the empty shelves may be worrisome , stores say stop panic buying because it only worsens the situation.
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