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Coolest space missions coming in 2025From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025.
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward EarthAstronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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'Spectacular' asteroid blazes over Siberia just hours after it was detectedAsteroid C0WEPC5 entered Earth's atmosphere at 1:15 a.m. local time on Dec. 4 over northeastern Siberia.
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Massive, 'potentially hazardous' asteroid due to make closest-ever approach to Earth tonight — and you can watch it liveThe stadium-sized asteroid 2020 XR is due to make its closest approach to Earth on record early on Dec. 4, and the encounter will be livestreamed for everyone to see.
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'Fireball' meteor discovered hours before exploding above Niagara Falls was the smallest asteroid ever seenAn asteroid that fell to Earth and exploded above Canada in 2022 was only around 20 inches wide — the smallest space rock ever properly measured, researchers say.
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Earth's '2nd moon' escapes our planet's orbit — will it ever return?The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around the sun.
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Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris streamThe Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't hide a civilization-killing asteroid.
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Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers show in 1st-of-its-kind X-ray experimentA powerful burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to stop Armageddon just in the nick of time, a new experiment suggests.
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Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggestsThe ring could be responsible for a prolonged drop in temperatures millions of years ago.
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