Asteroid

Video shows small asteroid burning up as it zooms through skies over eastern Germany

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A small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere and burned up early Sunday morning as it hurled through the skies above eastern Germany. Videos shared on social media throughout the day showed the glowing object’s descent over Europe, shortly after the Hungarian researcher and self-described “asteroid hunter” Krisztián Sárneczky spotted it from an observatory in Hungary. Sárneczky … Read more

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, will vanish in a one-of-a-kind eclipse soon. Here’s how to watch it.

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One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The event should be visible to millions of people and it will also be livestreamed. The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday into early Tuesday, will likely be … Read more