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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
‘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…
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…
Artemis II Astronauts Witnessed 6 Meteorites Colliding With the Moon
During their flyby of the far side of the moon, the Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft…
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…
Asteroids And Their Moons Throw Dirty “Cosmic Snowballs” At Each Other
Asteroids that come in pairs constantly throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other, a new analysis of DART data…