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A skyscraper-size, “potentially hazardous” asteroid is set to make a close approach to Earth this week — and you can see it zoom past for yourself, either by using a backyard telescope or via a free online livestream. The asteroid, which was discovered earlier this year, was initially predicted to have a slim chance of hitting our planet in 2089 …

Skyscraper-size spires of mehtane ice may cover around 60% of Pluto‘s equatorial region — a larger area than scientists previously estimated, new research finds. The study, published July 5 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, was based on data collected by NASA‘s New Horizons spacecraft, which captured the first close-up images of the tiny world a decade ago, on …