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NASA supercomputer suggests the Oort Cloud may be a spiral, like a miniature galaxy
But in the Oort Cloud, the galactic tide becomes a dominant factor. Using NASA's Pleiades supercomputer, the team ran simulations incorporating the galactic tide and other effects over billions of ...
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NASA updates chances of ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth
The chances a ‘city killer’ asteroid will crash into Earth in seven years’ time have fallen, NASA has said. Scientists have kept an eye on the ‘near-Earth asteroid’, named 2024 YR4 ...