Hayabusa2’s 2031 Landing Plan Faces an Unexpected Asteroid Nightmare
On December 6, 2020, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped off pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu in the Australian outback,…
Skyscraper-sized asteroid to race past Earth at high speed
Meteorite spotted in the Southern sky Dashcam footage captures a large fireball in the sky over Lexington, South…
Earth’s new Quasi-moon 2025 PN7 went undetected for decades
A shy space rock is making its lunar debut. Astronomers believe they’ve discovered another so-called quasi-moon of Earth,…
China’s dual-use asteroid-collision research threatens satellites
China has unveiled its mission to impact deliberately a near-Earth asteroid by 2030 – a decisive step toward…
Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense
On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into…
Trippy Image From Deep Space Shows Earth and Moon From 180 Million Miles Away
The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well…
NASA: Ceres May Have Had Long-Standing Energy to Fuel Habitability
The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived…
NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon
Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking…
Potential asteroid impact on Moon in 2032 could trigger massive meteor shower on Earth
What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While…
A Rare Interstellar Object Is Zipping Through Our Solar System. This Brand-New Telescope Saw It First
Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as…
Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
On July 2, NASA revealed the existence of 3I/ATLAS, only the third ever interstellar object observed in the…