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James Webb Space Telescope European Space Agency Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Solar Dynamics Observatory Telescope Observations ATLAS Moon Landing Chandra X-ray Observatory Catalina Sky Survey Deep Space Network

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2mo ago

Long-Tracked Near-Earth Object Reclassified as Comet After Missing Radar Detection

The team says tiny jets of gas, not sunlight-driven thermal forces, nudged the object and that the result should change how scientists track and predict near-Earth orbits for planetary defense.

7 ARTICLES

this yr.

Tiny Asteroid Skims Earth at ISS Altitude Over Antarctica, Found Only Hours Later

5 ARTICLES

last yr.

New X-Ray–Radio Composite of the ‘Cosmic Hand’ Exposes Odd Mismatches in Pulsar Nebula