Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking
look up! Asteroid 2026 JH2 is now approaching Earth; the object, which is about 20 meters (66 feet)…
A thin atmosphere on a small world beyond Pluto
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Halley’s comet may be named after the wrong person
Researchers say the famous comet known as Halley’s Comet may have been identified as a repeating object centuries…
Asteroid Apophis to pass Earth in 2029 with no impact risk, NASA says
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman discusses Artemis II mission and future of space exploration NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins…
Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto
Mommert, M. et al. TNOs are cool: a survey of the trans-Neptunian region. V. Physical characterization of 18…
‘Make Pluto a planet again’? NASA chief revives debate that divides astronomers
Will Pluto become a planet again?Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Many of us are…
Asteroid named for Pope Leo XIII highlights Vatican’s longstanding support of science: ‘Faith and science go together’
Pope Leo XIV looks through the main telescope of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, alongside U.S.…
Astronomer Finds a Shortcut to Mars by Following an Asteroid’s Journey Through Space
A one-way trip to Mars takes somewhere between seven and 10 months, following a fairly direct route between…
Water D/H in 3I/ATLAS as a probe of formation conditions in another planetary system
van Dishoeck, E. F., Herbst, E. & Neufeld, D. A. Interstellar water chemistry: from laboratory to observations. Chem.…
Sightings of Meteors Surge, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
It seems as though stars have been shooting across the heavens far more than usual lately. In March,…
Rubin Observatory Spots Over 11,000 Asteroids in Record Haul
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory isn’t even a year old, but it’s already giving astronomers (arguably pleasant) insomnia…
Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries – NASA
These X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans released on March 17, 2026, give us a glimpse inside asteroid Bennu.…