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The Virtual Telescope Project, a website run by Italy’s Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory that broadcasts views from several telescopes, is streaming the flyby live online.Many asteroids smaller than this one frequently pass by the planet unnoticed, while some others streak through Earth’s atmosphere as bright fireballs in the sky.The famous Chelyabinsk meteor is the largest space rock known to have entered Earth’s atmosphere in recent history. It exploded in the atmosphere above Russia in 2013, raining fragments of rock over the Chelyabinsk district and causing broken windows and damage around the city and its surrounding areas. That explosion, caused by friction…

SpaceX plans to launch an updated version of its Starship megarocket — a new prototype of the system that NASA hopes will carry its astronauts to the moon in two years — on a critical test flight Tuesday.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The stakes for Starship, and by extension for Elon Musk’s rocket company, have perhaps never been higher. SpaceX is developing Starship as part of NASA’s Artemis program and racing against its rival, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, to build a lunar lander for NASA to use in 2028, when it…

California’s monthslong spate of mushroom poisonings, in which four people have died and 43 others hospitalized, has become the largest known outbreak of its kind in U.S. history, experts say. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Three cases were reported earlier this week, long after the typical growing season for the mushrooms behind the illnesses, leaving public health officials and mycologists puzzled about why the poisonings have been so widespread and what is causing the trend. The three newest cases were among a family that had picked mushrooms in Napa County on…

ALTADENA, Calif. — A mother in Altadena started her son on chelation therapy to remove lead from his blood. A geochemist will not enter his home without a respirator and a full-body suit. A cinematographer spent thousands to get the lot where his home once stood tested for heavy metals and remediated — work the government cleanup program did not do.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Sixteen months after the Eaton Fire, these are the extreme measures Altadena residents are taking to deal with a host of toxic compounds, including arsenic and…

In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest. Source link

The attack, at a remote uranium mining site in northern Saskatchewan, was only the fourth fatal black bear encounter in the province’s recorded history, officials said. Source link

As the leader of the C.D.C.’s influenza division, she battled to keep up with an ever-changing viral opponent, building a global network of researchers and forecasters. Source link

In a letter to President Trump, the spokesman, Rich Danker, said moves to allow the sale of flavored e-cigarettes would enhance their appeal to children. Source link

Lithuanian officials hope restored peat bogs can reinforce the border in addition to locking away planet-warming carbon. Source link

On nighttime excursions in dark-sky hot spots like Norway, New Zealand and Nevada, all you have to do is relax and look up. The stars will do the rest. Source link