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Near-Earth asteroid

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China Just Sent Back the First Close Up Look at Earth’s Mysterious Quasi-Moon. But the Next Step Is Dangerous
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China Just Sent Back the First Close Up Look at Earth’s Mysterious Quasi-Moon. But the Next Step Is Dangerous

  • July 10, 2026
An artist’s rendering of Kamoʻoalewa near the Earth-Moon system. Credit: Addy Graham/University of Arizona A Chinese spacecraft has returned…
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This image of the near-Earth asteroid Torifune was captured with the ONC-T instrument aboard JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft on July 5, 2026. Image credit: JAXA / University of Tokyo / Chiba Institute of Technology / Institute of Science Tokyo / AIST / Paris Observatory / IAC.
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Hayabusa-2 Snaps Stunning Close-Up Images of Asteroid Torifune during Flyby

  • July 8, 2026
On July 5, 2026, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft completed the first asteroid encounter of its extended…
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Newly Discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 To Make Very Close Flyby Of Earth
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Newly Discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 To Make Very Close Flyby Of Earth

  • May 13, 2026
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers…
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A model of the inner Solar System showing the asteroids discovered by Rubin in light teal; known asteroids are dark blue. Image credit: NSF / DOE / Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / R. Proctor / NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio / ESA / Gaia / DPAC / M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory Discovers Over 11,000 New Asteroids

  • April 4, 2026
Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids, including hundreds of trans-Neptunian objects…
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This artist’s illustration shows the ejection of a cloud of debris after NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.
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NASA’s Planetary Defense Test Changed Binary Asteroid’s Orbit around the Sun

  • March 9, 2026
New measurements show that the DART impact in 2022 not only shortened the orbit of the moonlet Dimorphos…
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These cities could be wiped out: he modeled what would happen if asteroid 2024 YR4 struck Earth!

  • February 18, 2026
These cities could be wiped out: he modeled what would happen if asteroid 2024 YR4 struck Earth! –…
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Scientists Find Extraterrestrial Bio-Essential Sugars in Samples from Asteroid Bennu
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Scientists Find Extraterrestrial Bio-Essential Sugars in Samples from Asteroid Bennu

  • December 4, 2025
A team of researchers from the United States and Japan has analyzed an extract from a sample of…
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