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Science news this week: ‘City-killer’ asteroid swarms and a buried toddler ‘Ice Prince’

This week’s science news started off with a bang as Europe’s largest active volcano erupted Monday morning (June 2), spewing…

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Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

Once feared as a threat to Earth, the asteroid Apophis is now considered to pose a rare exploration opportunity —…

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China launching Tianwen-2 mission today to snag samples of a near-Earth asteroid

China is ready to launch a mission to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid. Propellant was being loaded into a…

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House-size asteroid will pass between Earth and moon on May 21

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing…

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NASA’s Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday certainly won’t be a day of rest for the astronomy community. All eyes will be on NASA’s asteroid-studying…

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We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it’s probably ‘suburban,’ too

The asteroid 2024 YR4 — the one that caused a stir earlier this year due to its potential collision course…

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Dinosaurs’ apparent decline before asteroid due to bad fossil records

Reconstruction of North America roughly 66 million years ago Davide Bonadonna Dinosaurs likely weren’t declining before an asteroid wiped them…

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Hit the Moon, Measles Cases Rise, and States Sue HHS

American Lifespans, Monkeys That Yodel, Measles, and More States sue HHS for public health cuts, measles cases continue to rise,…

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JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid

JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that the potentially…

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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous “city-killer”…

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