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The Taurid meteor shower’s “Halloween fireballs” dazzle the night sky — but researchers warn they could hide impact risks in ...

The Taurid meteor shower, born from Comet Encke, delights skywatchers but may conceal hidden risks. Research led by Mark Boslough examines potential Taurid swarms that could increase impact danger in ...

But smaller meteorites, too small to be easily spotted, could be anywhere. Flat roofs have long been a popular hunting ground ...

Schaffhausen, a municipality in the north of Switzerland, in the foothills of the Jura mountains, is exposed to significant flood risk. A network of five remote cameras has therefore been ...

Dive into NASA's ATLAS system as interstellar 3I/ATLAS nears Sun on 29 Oct 2025—no Earth hit, but astrometry campaign probes ...

Astronomers can usually spot "planet killer" asteroids long before they approach Earth. But what if they can't?

Carnegie Science astronomer Scott S. Sheppard discovered the asteroid on September 27 with the Dark Energy Camera on the National Science Foundation's Blanco 4-meter telescope. That telescope searches ...

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A small asteroid, known as 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, 2025, at an altitude of only 266 miles.

A meteor passed over Indonesia's West Java on October 5, with residents hearing and seeing explosions and lights overhead, ...

The asteroid, which is now named 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1 at exactly 00:47:26 UTC. Quite often, several ...