The green comet will pass Earth for the first time in 50,000 years Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN — A recently discovered green comet will soon whiz past Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. It was last …
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Satellite, rocket stage nearly collides in possible ‘worst case scenario’ Two large pieces of space debris — an old missile body and a military satellite — nearly collided on Friday. LeoLabs, a private company that works to track satellites and low-Earth objects, tweeted that if the objects hit each other, the collision would have resulted …
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Bizarre ‘Whirlpool’ Appears in the Night Sky Over Hawaii | Room A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what appears to be a spiral swirling through the night sky. Researchers believe the strange phenomenon is related to a military GPS satellite launched from a SpaceX rocket in Florida. The images were captured Jan. 18 …
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Why I hunt sidewalk fossils Once I started noticing these impressions, it was fun to imagine myself as a paleontologist of the urban present. Since sidewalk fossils are essentially the same color as the surrounding concrete, they are most visible when light rakes over them; a fossil that is elusive at noon may announce itself …
Incredible images show planets circling a star light-years away: ScienceAlert A new video shared on YouTube is one of the most amazing things we’ve ever seen in planetary science. The video shows four dots of light moving in partially concentric circles around a black disc in their center. What you’re actually looking at is a …
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Scientists reincarnate the woolly mammoth to return in 4 years Scientists reincarnate the woolly mammothThe CrimsonMonkey – Getty Images Colossal recently added $60 million in funding to head towards 2027 the extinction of the woolly mammoth. The Dallas-based company is now working on edit the genes for the reincarnation of the mammal. Colossal planned to …
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Shark ‘lunges’ at little boy as he climbs aboard a boat Whimsical moment when a shark ‘falls’ at an 8-year-old boy as he climbs back aboard a boat with a coral trout on the Great Barrier Reef Shark lunges at boy who climbs onto boat after spearfishing Predator tried to get hold of the fish …
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The green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will make its closest approach to Earth on February 1 On Wednesday (Feb. 1), a comet that hasn’t visited Earth since the last Ice Age and Neanderthal times will make its closest approach to our planet or perigee. Exciting, the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which last passed through the …
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Orbiter captures image of a bear’s face on Mars Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news of fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. CNN — As a NASA orbiter aimed its camera at the surface of Mars, a bear’s face seemed to look back. A camera aboard the Mars …
NASA’s record-breaking Lucy spacecraft has a new asteroid target Artist’s concept of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on an asteroid. Credit: NASA