Restorers complete work on the canopy covering St. Peter’s main altar ahead of the 2025 Jubilee
Restorers have put the finishing touches on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, which has been ...
How to See the ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Comet Flaring in Our Night Skies
The celestial visitor is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or C/2023 A3 to scientists. Astronomers are expecting the comet to be ...
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Photos: A look back at the year since Oct. 7
A year has passed since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the start of its war in Gaza. Here's a look at some key moments from ...
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will soon move into the evening sky
Currently visible just before dawn, the comet of the year will soon be visible after sunset and remain trackable through the ...
Look up in Kentucky's night sky this month to see a rare comet, maybe the brightest of 2024
A comet named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS is making an 80,000-year orbit around the sun. Some have dubbed it the "comet of the century" because of its long tail and how brightly the comet might shine ...
Earth may have once had an accessory: Evidence shows it may have had a ring like Saturn's
Planetary rings don’t last forever, although they do exist for millions of years. The evidence for Earth’s possible ring is ...
The ‘best comet of the year’ is finally here – here’s everything you need to know
A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is expected to be the brightest spectacle of 2024. Our charts will help you find it in the night sky.
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Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving around Earth in a horseshoe shape from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. Researchers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...
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For 57 days this fall, Earth will have a second moon
As a result, “the dance will only last a little while.” Objects flying around Earth are important to track for potential danger. This month, a three-foot asteroid harmlessly burned up as it ...
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Earth is about to get its own asteroid 'mini-moon', but only for a short time
an asteroid called 2024 PT 5 was discovered by an Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in South Africa. ATLAS systems try to automatically detect asteroids and other near-Earth ...
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Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.
At its hottest, the study suggests, the Earth’s average temperature reached 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius) — far higher than the historic 58.96 F (14.98 C) the planet hit last year.
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Bus-size asteroid being sucked toward Earth will become ‘temporary mini-moon’
which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), will be sucked in by Earth’s gravitational pull from September 29 to November 25 ...