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NASA scientists have just identified mysterious shapes flying above the Earth but, don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that aliens are about to strike.Using an imaging instrument called the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD), the experts uncovered strange X and C shapes, which have been cropping up in surprising places at surprising times.The researchers found the structures dancing around the ionosphere – the area where Earth’s atmosphere meets space – and say that the discovery could help improve radio communications and space weather forecasts.The ionosphere – which sits around 50 to 400 miles (roughly 80 to 644 kilometres)...

NASA scientists discover strange structures hovering above Earth

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A Massive Asteroid Will Be Zooming By Earth Tonight—Here’s How To Spot It

The James Webb Space Telescope has an eye for bling. A new image released by the European Space Agency shows the powerful telescope's latest — and decidedly glamorous — finding: a bright quasar that looks like a "bejeweled" ring. Quasars are a luminous form of active galactic nuclei...

James Webb Spots Distant Space Object With Jewel-Like Lights

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The asteroid will reach a distance that is uncomfortably close to earth

NASA reports 100-foot asteroid zooming toward Earth at astounding speed

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What if a never-before-seen asteroid barreling in our direction was likely to strike Earth? 

That’s the hypothetical scenario NASA astronomers tested with a recent simulation in which officials attempted to plan for an asteroid that had a 72% chance of hitting Earth in just 14 years. 

After the theoretical timeline was posed to a group of nearly 100 government representatives in April, NASA found that the best plan they made to counter the horrifying doomsday scenario had several “high-level gaps,” according to their presentation. 



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NASA plans for doomsday scenario of asteroid with 72 percent chance of hitting Earth in 14 years

An asteroid around the size of the Washington Monument is set to flash by Earth this month. The so-named 2024 MK asteroid will come even closer than the orbit of the moon on June 29 and is estimated to be around 394 to 885 feet in diameter. The asteroid could pass some 50,000 miles closer than the moon, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

NASA warns Washington Monument-sized asteroid will come closer to Earth than the Moon

NASA was reporting late Friday that an asteroid the size of an airplane traveling at an incomprehensible speed is headed Earth's direction, though it is unlikely to make contact, scientists said. The asteroid, named 2024 NB2, will get as close as 2,390,000 miles from Earth as it passes through the...

Asteroid headed toward Earth at remarkable speed

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The newly discovered twins both emit jets of gas from their north and south poles and are among a group of stars called WL 20.

NASA says star studied for decades is actually this: 'Our jaws dropped'

There are eight planets in our solar system – plus poor old Pluto, which was demoted in 2006 – but what if there were more?Turns out that might be the case. Astronomers have calculated there is a 7 per cent chance that Earth has another neighbour hiding in the Oort cloud, a spherical region of ice chunks and rocks that is tens of thousands of times farther from the sun than we are.“It’s completely plausible for our solar system to have captured such an Oort cloud planet,” said Nathan Kaib, a co-author on the work and an astronomer at the...

Scientists discover secret planet hiding in our solar system

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A ONE-year-old girl with a fast swelling head passed away just days after doctors discovered a foetus that was once her twin sister growing in her skull. The toddler was admitted to hospital due to her growing skull and inability to sit up or stand. She also had delays in motor skills and speech development, […]

Toddler dies days after doctors discover her ‘twin sister’s foetus’ growing in her SKULL

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Scientists have found a tunnel under the surface of the Moon.The study could help space agencies as they plan to go back to the Moon – and perhaps even stay there for significant amounts of time. The caves could be an important way of protecting those astronauts from the extreme environment on the lunar surface.The breakthrough discovery seems to confirm decades of speculation about caves  that might run under the lunar surface.Now scientists have found what appears to be an underground cave. It marks the first time that researchers have confirmed an accessible cave – likely a tube left by...

Scientists find ‘tunnel’ on the Moon

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The jet of this extreme object is changing direction creating an S-shape in the sky.

Neutron Star Spotted Shooting A Jet Like A Garden Sprinkler For First Time

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed mysterious objects in the early universe that challenge current theories of galaxy and supermassive black hole evolution. These objects contain old stars and massive black holes, much larger than expected, suggesting a rapid and unconventional form of early galaxy formation. The findings highlight significant discrepancies with existing models, and the objects’ unique properties indicate a complex early cosmic history.

Scientists Baffled: Webb Uncovers Ancient Galaxies That Defy Explanation

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Scientists tracked two close approaches by large space rocks.
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Asteroid nearly a mile wide just missed Earth

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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Seven strangely-behaving stars in the Milky Way's Omega Centauri cluster may be under the influence of an extremely rare type of black hole, new research suggests.

Milky Way's rarest black hole may lurk behind 7 stars that 'shouldn't be there'

In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, breaking up an area about one-sixth the size of Tasmania. In a paper published today in Scientific Reports, we used nearly 1,000 film photographs of Antarctica from the 1960s to reconstruct exactly what five glaciers were like decades before the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed. This allowed us to precisely calculate their contribution to sea-level rise.

Forgotten, Half-Century Old Film Photographs Reveal A Hidden Truth About Antartica’s Glaciers

Researchers made a tantalizing discovery after they MacGyver-ed old data from a radar instrument on a satellite gathered 14 years ago from the Moon. When they used the mission data in a fresh new way, they found proof of a Moon cave hiding in plain sight. The cave is inside...

Scientists Just Found Evidence for Hidden Passageways Under the Moon’s Surface

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In this stunning animation, NASA lets the viewer wander through the trunks of the Pillars of Creation in a nebula 6,500 light years from Earth.

Tour the Pillars of Creation! Incredible NASA video travels through trunks of interstellar gas and dust in a nebula 6,500 light-years away

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Do your loved ones consult you regularly when they face a crisis? Intelligence is a branch of psychology that lacks a standard definition. Some scientists claim that it is a single ability and others state it comprises aptitudes and skills. Intelligent zodiac signs learn from their experiences and easily recognize and solve problems.

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Astronomers Believe A Star Is About To Explode 3000 Light Years From Earth — Here’s How to See It

Any night now, a “new star” or nova will appear in the night sky. While it won’t set the sky ablaze, it’s a special opportunity to...

Astronomers Believe A Star Is About To Explode 3000 Light Years From Earth — Here’s How to See It

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