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A threatening asteroid could bring Earth’s oft-squabbling nations together, at least for a while. Dealing with a big, dangerous asteroid that appears to have our planet in its crosshairs will require a healthy dose of international cooperation, …

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Searches for exomoons should target smaller rocky exoplanets, according to simulations of how Earth’s moon formed. Comments (0). a giant crescent moon hangs like a dim red bowl in a darkening re-clouded. Smaller rocky planets are more likely to have a …

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Matching the neutron stars’ cooling rates to their equation of state could help scientists figure out a quantum theory of gravity. Comments (0). a blazing blue ball of light bordered in white, with red/pink poles. An artist’s impression of one of the …

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Snapped from lunar orbit in 1968 by NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who died this week at age 90, ‘Earthrise’ is perhaps the most iconic image of our planet ever taken. Comments (0). The iconic Earthrise image from the astronauts of NASA’s Apollo 8 mission …

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“If we could stand at the edge of one of Titan’s seas, we might see waves of liquid methane and ethane lapping on the shore and crashing on the coasts during storms.” Comments (0). a green moon with streaks and pools of darker green on its surface.

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The final NOAA satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R series of weather satellites, GOES-U, is set to head to space. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 GMT) on June 25 and the mission will aim for the stars on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from …

Scientific American

On Thin Ice: Penguins in Paradise (Part 2). To unravel the effects of melting sea ice, researchers drill the frozen waters around Antarctica and receive a surprise visit from a group of penguins.

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“Right now we don’t know of any asteroids of a substantial size that are going to hit the Earth for the next hundred years,” says Terik Daly, the planetary defense section supervisor at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

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That having been said, let’s turn our attention to two celestial objects that can readily be seen during evening hours this week from even from bright cities. One is our nearest neighbor in space, while the other is a familiar pattern of stars.

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Decades worth of seismic data confirms the rotation of Earth’s inner core is moving slower than the planet’s surface. Comments (0). an illustrated globe of the Earth is cut open at its center, revealing different layers.