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140-Foot Asteroid Makes Close Pass by Earth Overnight, NASA Says - Ground News
science 2026/03/15 14:06:38

140-Foot Asteroid Makes Close Pass by Earth Overnight, NASA Says - Ground News

Asteroid 2007 EG, an airplane-sized rock traveling at over 17,000 mph, is passing about 1.06 million miles from Earth, posing no threat.

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Stunning Image Reveals The Heart of Our Galaxy Like Never Before - ScienceAlert
science 2026/03/15 14:01:50

Stunning Image Reveals The Heart of Our Galaxy Like Never Before - ScienceAlert

An international team of astronomers has captured the central region of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.

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Workers Unearthed a Monstrous 3-Meter-Long Creature Under a Construction Site - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/03/15 13:15:00

Workers Unearthed a Monstrous 3-Meter-Long Creature Under a Construction Site - The Daily Galaxy

A routine construction project in Texas took an unexpected turn when workers uncovered a massive 9-foot creature fossil.

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NASA Rammed An Asteroid Hard Enough To Change Its Trajectory, Maybe We're Not All Doomed - Jalopnik
science 2026/03/15 13:05:00

NASA Rammed An Asteroid Hard Enough To Change Its Trajectory, Maybe We're Not All Doomed - Jalopnik

The spacecraft slowed down the system’s 76,000 mph orbital speed… by two inches per hour. We’re going to have to punch a lot harder if we want to save Earth.

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Scientists Discovered a 300-Million-Year-Old Tropical Forest Preserved Under Volcanic Ash in China - The Daily Galaxy
science 2026/03/15 12:45:00

Scientists Discovered a 300-Million-Year-Old Tropical Forest Preserved Under Volcanic Ash in China - The Daily Galaxy

A volcanic eruption in northern China did more than just shape the land, it preserved an entire forest for millennia. But hat can this ancient forest teach us about the world of the past?

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The Mass of 3I/ATLAS is About a Billion Metric Tons, at Least a Hundred Thousand Times That of… - Avi Loeb – Medium
science 2026/03/15 12:36:41

The Mass of 3I/ATLAS is About a Billion Metric Tons, at Least a Hundred Thousand Times That of… - Avi Loeb – Medium

A new paper (accessible here) that I just co-authored with the brilliant Valentin Thoss and Andi Burkert from the University Observatory…

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