Weird ‘watermelonshaped’ asteroids like dimorphos and selam may finally have an explanation

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You’re woken in the middle of the night by an urgent phone call. An asteroid is headed straight for Earth and it’s your job to find out if it’ll strike the planet and rain destruction down upon us all

On 2 March, a spherical UFO was spotted making erratic zigzag movements over the city of Buga in Colombia. Shortly afterwards, a group of people recovered a metal sphere, roughly the size of a footbal

Type: Sinuous rille Size: 80km x 2.5km Longitude/latitude: 3.1° E, 25.7° N Age: 3.2–3.9 billion years Best time to see: First quarter (2–3 July) and six days after full Moon (16–17 July) Minimum equip

The high-tech Japanese sake company Asahi Shuzo is taking a bold step forward by attempting to brew its sake off-world for the first time, with the ultimate goal of being able to brew sake on the Moon

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