Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about ...

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In a report released in October 2022, the American Astronomical Society (ASS) likened the impact of megaconstellations on astronomy to ... roughly the size of a table. Rather than sending internet ...

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Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

I almost concluded it was an actual NEO and stopped looking, but I asked around on the Minor Planet Mailing List just to erase my final doubts" G told Astronomy. It was then that Jonathan McDowell ...

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In early 1999, the entire community of Houston was rocked to the core as the news of Belinda Temple’s brutal murder surfaced. What made her killing all the more unfortunate was the fact that she was ...

While that federal ban has been in place for decades, John Barentine of Dark Sky Consulting, a member of AAS’s Committee for the Protection of Astronomy and the Space Environment (COMPASSE ...