Is the main competing theory of dark matter dead? There is bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

This article was originally published on The conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.Indranil Banik is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Astrophysics at the…

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Asteroid ‘God of Destruction’ Apophis Will Come to Earth in 2029 and May Encounter a Small Spacecraft

In just under half a decade, a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter) asteroid, named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction Apophis, will pass within 30,000 miles (48,300 kilometers) of Earth. Scientists…

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