2024 YR4 — The asteroid that might hit the moon seven years from now

2024 YR4 — The asteroid that might hit the moon seven years from now

It could be the largest lunar impact event in 5,000 years.If it hits in December 2032, asteroid 2024 YR4 — believed to be 60 metres in diameter — may release the energy equivalent of six million tonnes of TNT, 400 times the power of the bomb over Hiroshima, and leave the Moon with a new…

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2026 promises big advances in Earth & space exploration

2026 promises big advances in Earth & space exploration

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website 1 Ship to breach Earth’s CRUST Next year, a 600-foot Chinese research vessel will set sail to find the perfect site from where it will start drilling down to the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho), the boundary between Earth’s crust and mantle. Scientists have been trying to breach Moho since 1961…

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Clouds that condense into diamonds: NASA discovers an exoplanet with a baffling composition

Clouds that condense into diamonds: NASA discovers an exoplanet with a baffling composition

NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recently discovered a rare exoplanet, whose composition has baffled scientists as it defies all explanations. Officially named PSR J2322-2650b, the Jupiter-sized planet is outside our solar system and its atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how it was formed. It orbits a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star,…

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Wormholes, bridges, and more: The science behind Stranger Things season 5 |

Wormholes, bridges, and more: The science behind Stranger Things season 5 |

Wormholes are one of science fiction’s favourite cheats. Need characters to cross impossible distances? Skip years of travel? Break reality without saying “magic”? Introduce a wormhole.By Season 5 of Stranger Things, the show finally joins a long cinematic tradition. Up to Episode 8, it reframes the Upside Down not as a spooky parallel world but…

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Recreating the human womb in the lab: How early-stage embryos implant, communicate, and offer new insights into pregnancy |

Recreating the human womb in the lab: How early-stage embryos implant, communicate, and offer new insights into pregnancy |

Source: Babraham University Implantation, one of the most poorly understood phases of early human development, occurs in the depths of the womb, at a time when embryos are microscopic and well out of reach. Until recently, much of what was known about this critical moment came from limited indirect evidence. Babraham University researchers have taken…

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Asteroid alert! Apophis to zoom just 32,000 km from Earth in 2029; rare flyby may reveal cosmic secrets |

Asteroid alert! Apophis to zoom just 32,000 km from Earth in 2029; rare flyby may reveal cosmic secrets |

The asteroid Apophis, also known as 99942 Apophis, will have its historic close approach to Earth on Friday, the 13th of April 2029. With its diameter at approximately 375 meters, this NEA will be reaching Earth at a distance of about 32,000 kilometres, just over a tenth of the distance to the Moon. Initial estimates…

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A rare space image links Earth’s glow with the Andromeda Galaxy |

A rare space image links Earth’s glow with the Andromeda Galaxy |

Source: Don Pettit via X (formerly Twitter) A single photograph taken from orbit has managed to make a rare visual connection between the mundane life on Earth and the vastness of the universe outside. Framed from the International Space Station, the image shows a softly glowing planetary horizon illuminated by colours of the aurora, clusters…

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Will Earth really switch to 25 hours days as its rotation slowing down |

Will Earth really switch to 25 hours days as its rotation slowing down |

If you have ever heard that Earth will soon start having 25-hour days, it might be right. The idea itself is not wrong. Scientists do expect Earth’s rotation to keep slowing. What often gets lost is the pace. These changes unfold so slowly that they slip past daily life without leaving a mark. No clocks…

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With days left on Baba Vanga’s 2025 alien prediction, scientists explain what first contact would look like |

With days left on Baba Vanga’s 2025 alien prediction, scientists explain what first contact would look like |

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website A new hypothesis from Columbia University astrophysicist David Kipping suggests humanity’s first sign of alien life won’t be a greeting For most people, the idea of alien contact has been shaped less by astronomy than by cinema. Films have taught us to expect intention: visitors who arrive either with…

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Skywatching in 2026: Complete guide to eclipses, supermoons, meteor showers, planetary alignments and NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission |

Skywatching in 2026: Complete guide to eclipses, supermoons, meteor showers, planetary alignments and NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission |

Whether it be with naked-eye viewing, through a pair of binoculars, or with a beginner’s telescope, a certain amount of planning can make way for viewing enthusiasts to fully enjoy the spectacular events that take place in the sky in 2026. Be it eclipses, aligned planets, or an eight-year supermoon, there are plenty of spectacular…

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