Massive asteroid the size of multiple Empire State Buildings is zipping past Earth this weekend
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Prehistoric whale reveals extreme skull asymmetry
Earth is surrounded by millions of pieces of space junk and the problem is getting worse
More than 230 million pieces of space debris between 1 millimeter and 1 centimeter are circling Earth, along with 1.5 million larger fragments, and scientists warn the problem could keep growing even without new launches.
NASA just unveiled $1 million in prizes for students that solve future moon base problems
NASA has launched a $1 million student competition to design solutions for future lunar base challenges, drawing coverage from five outlets including the agency's own announcement.
Physicists sank a telescope 1.5 miles under the sea to put Einstein's relativity to the test
The KM3NeT/ORCA neutrino telescope, operating 2.4 km under the Mediterranean Sea, found no violation of Lorentz invariance after analyzing 5,828 atmospheric neutrino events.
Extreme cranial asymmetry in extinct benthic feeding sperm whales
A newly described extinct pygmy sperm whale from Peru, Scaphokogia huachafo, had the most extreme facial asymmetry of any known mammal, with both nostrils on the left side of its skull and a downward-curving, dense-boned snout adapted for seafloor feeding.
Today In Aviation History: First Launch from Kennedy Space Center Complex 39A
On November 9, 1967, the uncrewed Apollo 4 mission marked the inaugural launch from Kennedy Space Center's Complex 39A, debuting the Saturn V rocket that would later carry humans to the Moon.