Asteroid set to make 'extraordinarily close' approach to Earth tonight. Here's how to watch.

52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt discovered at Saqqara | NASA to test nuclear rocket engine that could take humans to Mars in 45 days | Antidepressants could fuel the rise of superbugs, lab dish study suggests Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( January 26, 2023 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE]( [] Top Science News [] [Asteroid set to make 'extraordinarily close' approach to Earth tonight. Here's how to watch.]( [Asteroid set to make 'extraordinarily close' approach to Earth tonight. Here's how to watch.]( (NASA/JPL-Caltech) A small but zippy asteroid will pass close to Earth on Thursday, not to be seen again until 2036. Asteroid 2023 BU is only about 12 to 26.9 feet (3.7 to 8.2 meters) in diameter and was discovered less than a week ago on January 21 by amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/26) [] History & Archaeology [] [52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt discovered at Saqqara]( [52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt discovered at Saqqara]( (duncan1890 via Getty Images) Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 52-foot-long (16 meters) papyrus containing sections from the Book of the Dead. The more than 2,000-year-old document was found within a coffin in a tomb south of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/26) [] Space Exploration [] [NASA to test nuclear rocket engine that could take humans to Mars in 45 days]( [NASA to test nuclear rocket engine that could take humans to Mars in 45 days]( (DARPA) NASA has revealed plans to create a nuclear-powered rocket that could send astronauts to Mars in just 45 days. The agency, which has partnered with the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design the rocket, announced on Tuesday (Jan. 24) that it could build a working nuclear thermal rocket engine as soon as 2027. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/25) [] Your Health [] [Antidepressants could fuel the rise of superbugs, lab dish study suggests]( [Antidepressants could fuel the rise of superbugs, lab dish study suggests]( (Rodolfo Parulan Jr. via Getty Images) Antidepressants may drive bacteria to develop resistance against antibiotics, despite being a completely different class of drugs, a new study finds. "Even after a few days exposure, bacteria develop drug resistance, not only against one but multiple antibiotics," Jianhua Guo, the study's senior author and a professor at the University of Queensland's Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, told Nature magazine. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/25) [] [Ants can detect the scent of cancer in urine]( [Ants can detect the scent of cancer in urine]( (Rob Ault via Getty Images) Ants can be trained to detect cancer in urine, a new study finds. Although ant sniffing is a long way from being used as a diagnostic tool in humans, the results are encouraging, the researchers said. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/25) [] Astronomy & Astrophysics [] [Optical illusion gives rare green comet an 'anti-tail' that seemingly defies physics]( [Optical illusion gives rare green comet an 'anti-tail' that seemingly defies physics]( (Alessandro Carrozzi) A rare green comet, which has been streaking across the night sky as it approaches Earth for the first time since the Stone Age, briefly grew a bizarre third tail. This "anti-tail" appeared to streak in the wrong direction, seemingly breaking the rules of physics. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/25) [] Curious Creatures [] [52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the Arctic]( [52 million years ago, strange primates lived in complete darkness in the Arctic]( (Kristen Miller/Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; (CC-BY 4.0)) About 52 million years ago, when the Arctic was warm and swampy but still shrouded in six months of darkness during the polar winter, two small primates scampered around, using their strong jaw muscles to chew the tough vegetation that managed to survive at the gloomy northern pole, a new study finds. The two newfound primates were small, weighing in at an estimated 5 pounds each (2 kilograms), and they are the earliest known example of primates living in the Arctic. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/25) [] That’s Strange! [] [Real-life 'Terminator 2' robot can melt to escape jail, then solidify on command]( [Real-life 'Terminator 2' robot can melt to escape jail, then solidify on command]( (Wang and Pan et al.) Scientists have created a tiny "Terminator 2"-like robot that can melt and resolidify itself on command, enabling it to easily escape from confined spaces. To make the phase-shifting robot, scientists embedded microscopic chunks of magnetic neodymium, boron and iron into liquid gallium (a metal with a low melting point) and left it to solidify. Full Story: [Live Science]( (1/25)   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036