space science
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How Each Full Moon Got Its Name (and When to See Them)
This month’s hunter’s moon got me thinking about moon names, and wondering if the full moon in every month has its own name. Spoiler: It does.
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NBD, There’s Just a Massive Asteroid Hurtling Past Earth This Month
Giant asteroids don’t collide with our planet very often, but they do hurtle by within a relatively close distance at times, only to disappear into the cosmic void. Case in point: Another asteroid is primed to careen within what scientists call a “potentially hazardous” distance of the planet later this month, and the vast majority…
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When to See Mercury With Your Naked Eyes This July
With all of the celestial events coming soon, we can safely rebrand the next few months Big Planet Season. All of this year’s supermoons have come and gone, but the cosmic gifts dotting the calendar are a bit more mysterious and striking than the moon: Some of the solar system’s biggest and most distant planets…
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Should You Be Worried About the ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Passing by Earth Today?
Today, even as you struggle to focus on work after the weekend you hopefully enjoyed, a giant space rock is screaming through space within a “potentially hazardous” distance of Earth. The chances of a resultant armageddon are (and always have been) exceedingly thin, as the asteroid 2021 KTI is passing within 4.5 million miles of…