Tag: space
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When you wish upon a star, is it already dead? An astronomer crunches the numbers
Published: December 17, 2024 6.08am AEDT This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true. But according to an idea doing the rounds on social media, that may…
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Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon. It won’t be the first (or the last)
Published: September 23, 2024 2.07pm AEST This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured…
Dr Laura Driessen 