Astronomy
How do scientists calculate the probability that an asteroid could hit Earth?
The 2024 YR4 asteroid may come close to Earth, but how do experts calculate this potential impact?
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The Milky Way brightens the moonless summer sky this week: Here's where to look
Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.
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This star escaped a supermassive black hole's violent grips — then returned for round 2
A death-defying star survived destruction by a ravenous supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event, and came back to let the cosmic titan take another bite!
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Rare sight from space: Snow dusts the dry Atacama Desert | Space photo of the day for July 23, 2025
The Atacama Desert in Chile recently received some snowfall, causing issues for the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope.
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AI beats goalkeepers at predicting which way penalty taker will shoot
By analysing videos of penalty kicks, a deep learning model was able to predict whether a shot would go to the goalkeeper’s left or right with 64 per cent accuracy
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