‘Once in a decade’ asteroid set to zoom past Earth
An asteroid big enough to destroy a city is scheduled to zoom between earth and the moon, but astronomers assure there is no threat of collision.The large rock, named 2023 DZ2, was…
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NASA scientist’s ‘serious’ asteroid warning for Earth
Experts are warning that the threat of an asteroid striking Earth may be more serious than previously thought.James Garvin, chief scientist of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre,…
Rare space event: Here’s when you can see five planets in the sky at the same time
Australians will be able to catch a rare five-planet alignment in the coming days as Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars appear in the night sky at the same time.Starwalk…
Stunning new image reveals rare glimpse at oldest known supernova
A new telescope image has shed light on the ghostly remains of the first recorded supernova.More than 1,800 years ago, in the year 185, Chinese astronomers recorded what they…
Two planets will ‘kiss’ tonight. Here’s when you can see it
Jupiter and Venus will appear very close together in the night sky on Thursday, with the two planets set to pass each other in what’s known as a conjunction.Jupiter will appear to…
Stargazers laud Monday’s southern lights display as ‘best in years’
Stargazers in WA’s capital have been treated to a stunning Aurora Australis display, which experts described as even better than last week’s rare show.The Perth Observatory was…
Two supermassive black holes on collision course
Two pairs of dwarf galaxies each with their own supermassive black holes are on a collision courses with one another, NASA reports.When they collide, the black holes and the…
US Students’ ‘Big Idea’ Could Help NASA Explore the Moon
CHICAGO —
Last November, Northeastern University student Andre Neto Caetano watched the live, late-night launch of NASA’s Artemis 1 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a…
How to spot the Aurora Australis, the Northern Lights in our own backyard
The Northern Lights are known top travel bucket lists and draw countless travellers to the world’s artic regions — but many Australians are unaware that an identical phenomenon is…
US government receives hundreds of new UFO reports
The US government has received more than 350 new reports of what it terms “unidentified aerial phenomenon”, or UFOs, since March 2021 – roughly half of which are unexplained, an…