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Asteroid the size of 38 Lubavitcher Rebbes to pass Earth on Chabad head's yahrzeit - NASA

Asteroid 2003 LN6, the size of 38 Menachem Mendel Schneersons, is set to pass the Earth on June 18, the anniversary of the death of the Chabad movement leader.

An illustrative image of an asteroid orbiting the Earth.

Asteroid to fly within 176 Bulgarias of Earth on Monday, May 18 - NASA

An illustrative image of an asteroid near the Earth.

Asteroid the size of 60 sloths to fly past the Earth tomorrow

Jordan joins Artemis Accords, int'l principles for exploring Moon, Mars, space, NASA says

A handout image taken by the Artemis II crew captures craters dotting the surface of the Moon, revealing its rugged, ancient surface, photographed by the NASA Artemis II crew from the Orion spacecraft during the lunar flyby mission, April 6, 2026.

Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

Madhusudhan noted that there are various efforts underway searching for signs of life in our solar system.

APRIL 17, 2025ByREUTERS

An artist's depiction of a planet and its host star with a misaligned disk of material, and a binary companion in the background, is shown in this undated handout image.

Evidence of beaches from ancient Martian ocean detected by Chinese rover

The findings are the latest evidence indicating the existence of this hypothesized ocean, called Deuteronilus, roughly 3.5 to 4 billion years ago on Mars.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByREUTERS

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of “Marker Band Valley” at two times of day on April 8. Color was added to a combination of both panoramas for an artistic interpretation of the scene.

NASA's Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other galaxies.

FEBRUARY 18, 2025ByREUTERS

An artist's concept shows the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*

Israel opens Solaris, a major solar observatory, in Druze-majority town of Usfiya

Solaris promises to be a major platform for education and research, with a particular focus on academic research into the Sun and its impact on the Earth.

FEBRUARY 4, 2025ByAARON REICH

An image of the solar system orbiting the Sun is seen at Solaris, Israel's new solar observatory, in Isfiya.

Asteroid the size of 289 Squishmallows has 'very small' chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Using the ESA's measurement, asteroid 2024 YR4 may range anywhere from 200 to 500 Squishmallows, or roughly half of the size of the average child's collection.

JANUARY 30, 2025BySHIR PERETS

An asteroid is seen near the Earth in this artisitc illustration.

Ho ho ho: Asteroid the size of nine reindeer to pass by Earth on Christmas - NASA

An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass by the Earth on Christmas.

DECEMBER 22, 2024ByAARON REICH