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Earth, asteroid

Live Science · 3h

Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event

Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare once-in-a-decade event. Here's how to watch it live this weekend.

Once-A-Decade Event As 2.6 Miles-Wide Asteroid Hurtles Past Earth — How To See It

Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.

New York Post · 1d

Rare asteroid wider than Manhattan will make a close approach to Earth

A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the Earth — and there’s a chance you can see it for yourself. The space rock 877 Alinda, one of the five largest expected to safely but closely zoom past our planet this century,

Earth breaks heat record

The Associated Press on MSN · 1h

Earth breaks heat record, goes past dangerous warming threshold

It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year.

Science News · 2h

2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, passing a dangerous warming threshold

Global temperatures were the hottest on record in 2024; it was the first year where the average temperature topped 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times.

USA TODAY on MSN · 12h

Earth passed a critical climate change threshold in 2024, scientists announce

Last year was not only the hottest since record-keeping began in 1850 but was also the first to pass a threshold meant to limit the worst effects of climate change, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said Friday.

14h

A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is

It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a "glowing ring of metal" that fell from the sky and crashed ...

New Scientist on MSN8h

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth

G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and possibly also the northern hemisphere, over the next few days ...

Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?

The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe ...

4h

Your Body’s Carbon Likely Took an Intergalactic Detour Before Reaching Earth

The circumgalactic medium, a vast gaseous halo surrounding galaxies, could be crucial to the evolution of star-forming ...

12hon MSN

From Earth to the edge of space: Entire atmosphere dataset could benefit climate models and space weather prediction

A team led by researchers at the University of Tokyo has created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to ...

Earth breaks yearly heat record and pushes past a dangerous warming threshold

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate ...

6hon MSN

Hiker Reveals View From Inside the Best Preserved Meteorite Site on Earth

A video showcasing an incredible view of a meteorite site formed around 50,000 years ago has gone viral on TikTok. The ...

Live Science on MSN7h

230 million-year-old dinosaur is oldest ever discovered in North America — and changes what we know about how they conquered Earth

A newfound "chicken-size" dinosaur, recently unearthed in Wyoming, changes what paleontologists thought they knew about how ...

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