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The Earth has a new moon
Earth has a new mini-moon, a tiny asteroid circling the planet
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Scientists Stumped by Why Mysterious Object Is Accelerating as a Japanese Spacecraft Rushes to Catch It
Astronomers face an unexplained acceleration in a mysterious asteroid as a Japanese spacecraft rushes toward it.
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Meteor — described as ‘Biggest ball of fire’ by shocked witnesses
A fireball spotted over southern Tennessee and North Carolina was confirmed by NASA as a small piece of an asteroid.
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A Mysterious Asteroid Is Accelerating in Space, And We're Running Out of Explanations
An unidentified asteroid is accelerating unexpectedly as Japan's Hayabusa2 mission races to intercept it, leaving scientists without a clear explanation for its unusual behavior.
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Earth has a new mini-moon: a 1-metre space rock named 2026 QQ8 was pulled into orbit around our planet in
Earth has temporarily acquired a new mini-moon after a tiny space rock was pulled into orbit around our planet.
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All 5 genetic “letters” of DNA and RNA discovered in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid
Scientists find all five genetic letters of DNA and RNA in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, offering new clues on life's origins.
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Welcome Earth’s New Mini-Moon. It’s Adorably Tiny and Has a Loopy Orbit
Earth has captured a tiny space rock, 2026 QQ8, as a temporary mini-moon that will break away in 2027, astronomers report.
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Dimorphos in sight: Europe's Hera probe gets its 1st look at battered space rock (photo)
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There Are 15,000 Ant Species on Earth. Blame the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
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There Are 15,000 Ant Species on Earth. Blame the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
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A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and unleashed a 330-foot tsunami
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UAE unveils lander for bold 7-asteroid mission set to launch in 2028 (photos)
The United Arab Emirates unveils a lander for an ambitious 2028 space mission targeting multiple asteroids.
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A hidden asteroid crater under Oklahoma could be connected to one of Earth's major mass extinctions
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Asteroid Bennu Came From an Unexpected Corner of the Solar System
Tiny grains from asteroid Bennu reveal it originated from an unexpected corner of the solar system.
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Asteroid samples from NASA's epic OSIRIS-REx mission show Bennu was born from fire and ice
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission samples from asteroid Bennu reveal a complex origin involving both inner and outer Solar System materials influenced by Jupiter.
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Asteroid Will Hereafter Be Known as 'Alyankovic'
Astronomers have officially named an asteroid 'Alyankovic' in honor of the iconic musical comedian 'Weird Al' Yankovic.
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NASA spacecraft discovers moon crater bigger than Roman Colosseum
A NASA spacecraft discovered a giant new moon crater from a 2024 asteroid impact, sparking widespread global attention.
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JWST discovers that Chariklo's invisible rings are changing
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Small asteroid impact today over the ocean near Australia
Asteroid 2026 RW1 has impacted the Indian Ocean near Australia, marking only the 13th time an asteroid was detected before hitting Earth.
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On 13 April 2029, a roughly 375-metre asteroid named Apophis will pass closer to Earth than some of our own satellites — just 32,000 kilometres above the surface — and new calculations suggest up to 90% of humanity could potentially see it cross the sky w
The asteroid Apophis is projected to pass within 32,000 kilometres of Earth on 13 April 2029, potentially becoming visible to 90% of humanity.
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The asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula about 66 million years ago, and the sulphur-rich rocks beneath it helped turn a roughly 10-kilometre object into a global climate disaster
Recent scientific coverage revisits the dinosaur extinction event, highlighting new details about the asteroid impact.
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Asteroid Nysa's rare three-lobed structure challenges formation models
Astronomers discover the first-ever three-lobed asteroid, challenging existing formation models and raising new scientific questions.
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In April 2029, a Massive Asteroid Will Just Miss Earth. Scientists Are Worried There Could Still Be Major Consequences
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Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
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Asteroid Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos, will pass closer to Earth on 13 April 2029 than many weather satellites do — roughly 32,000 kilometres from the surface — and up to 90% of the world's population may see it with the naked eye
Asteroid Apophis is set for a rare, close-proximity flyby on April 13, 2029, potentially visible to 90% of the global population.
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China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26
China is developing a high-velocity 'asteroid hammer' spacecraft designed to strike space rocks at Mach 26 for planetary defense.
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New timelapse video shows NASA's Psyche spacecraft zooming by Mars
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has captured a unique perspective of Mars, showcasing the Red Planet as a thin crescent during its transit to an asteroid.
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One Asteroid Collision May Have Rocked Earth, Mars, and the Moon
A massive asteroid breakup 800 million years ago may have triggered a prolonged bombardment of Earth, Mars, and the Moon.
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An asteroid shattered near Jupiter’s gravitational gateway 800 million years ago; scientists say the debr
Scientists have traced a prehistoric asteroid breakup near Jupiter's gravity gateway to a massive bombardment of the inner solar system.
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1,000 Days Until ‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid Stuns Skywatchers
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Researchers just uncovered more about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
Researchers have identified a rare class of 'oddball' meteorite as the catalyst for the mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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'Shared cosmic experience': 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis could be visible to 90% of Earth's population during ultraclose 2029 flyby, new maps reveal
The 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis is projected to be visible to the naked eye for up to 90% of the global population during a 2029 flyby.
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Asteroid with unexplained orbital shift turns out to be a 'dark comet'
An object tracked as an asteroid since 1998 has been reclassified as a dark comet following an unexplained orbital shift.
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Spacecraft Heading for Asteroid NASA Slapped so Hard It Changed Its Orbit Gets Crucial OTA Update
A spacecraft is heading toward an asteroid previously impacted by NASA's DART mission after receiving a critical over-the-air update.
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft, on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, used Mars as a gravitational slingshot in May 2026, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet to gain the speed it needed
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully utilized a Mars gravitational slingshot to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid of immense potential value.
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China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe Has Rendezvoused With Earth’s Quasi-Moon
China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has completed a billion-kilometer journey to rendezvous with the quasi-moon asteroid Kamoʻoalewa.
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Secretive Chinese probe snaps first photo of Earth's mysterious 'quasi-moon'
China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured the first-ever image of a mysterious 'quasi-moon' asteroid accompanying Earth around the Sun.
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Japan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defense
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has successfully completed a close flyby of asteroid Torifune to test planetary defense technologies.
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Asteroid Day marks a decade of planetary defense progress, but scientists say we need more eyes on the sky
Asteroid Day celebrations coincide with the launch of the Asteroids2029 initiative to boost global planetary defense efforts.
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NASA’s Lucy Uncovers Ancient Water Clues on a Weirdly Wobbling Asteroid
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has discovered a wobbling, peanut-shaped asteroid bearing signs of ancient water.
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China Is About To Land On Earth’s ‘Mini-Moon’
The Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 is closing in on the quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa to collect surface samples.
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How to See the Giant Asteroid That Will Pass by Earth This Weekend
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Asteroid set to be nearest to Earth since 1600s can be seen from Canada
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Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years
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Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by last year
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An asteroid long thought to be a chunk of the Moon may be ordinary space rock instead, a new study finds, as China's Tianwen-2 circles it to grab a sample
China's Tianwen-2 mission circles a quasi-moon as a new study questions whether the target is an ordinary space rock rather than lunar debris.
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Giant, 3.5 billion-year-old impact turned the moon's surface molten, rare lunar meteorite reveals
A rare lunar meteorite provides evidence of a massive asteroid impact 3.5 billion years ago that caused widespread melting on the Moon's surface.