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NASA Raises Alarm, 3.1% Chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hitting Earth
After a week of bright skies due to the full moon, astronomers can finally observe asteroid 2024 YR4 again. With darker skies, ground-based telescopes have a better chance of spotting these faint space rocks that are usually hard to detect. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has…
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Investigating The Fastest Planetary System
Astronomers might have just discovered the fastest planetary system ever seen! A tiny star, possibly with a super-Neptune planet tagging along, is zooming through the Milky Way at an insane speed—about 1.2 million mph (1.9 million km/h). If it’s moving fast enough, this star could eventually escape our galaxy, dragging its planetary companion into intergalactic…