Puzzling Near-Earth Asteroid Turns Out to Be Comet with Weak Tail
The near-Earth object (875163) 1998 SH2, which is currently classified as an asteroid, has revealed a hidden identity: it’s…
China’s Tianwen-2 Spacecraft Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon after One Billion-Kilometer Journey
On July 2, 2026, the Tianwen-2 probe closed to within 20 km (12.4 miles) of the small near-Earth…
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Discovers Over 11,000 New Asteroids
Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids, including hundreds of trans-Neptunian objects…
Record-Setting Asteroid Found in Pre-Survey Data from Vera Rubin Observatory
Astronomers have detected an extraordinary asteroid, named 2025 MN45, in early data from the Legacy Survey of Space…
Scientists Find Presolar Stardust in Samples from Asteroid Bennu
Researchers have detected an unexpectedly high abundance of presolar grains — dust from stellar explosions predating our Solar…
A near-Earth asteroid passed close to our planet on October 1, 2025
Many celestial objects travel within our solar system and sometimes hold surprises. Indeed, a near-Earth asteroid named 2025…
Liquid Water Once Flowed on Asteroid Ryugu’s Parent Body, Scientists Say
This water flow occurred on an ancient asteroid more than one billion years after its formation and was…