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Remember when DART struck an asteroid? New surprises!
Don’t miss this astounding 40-second video. It shows the DART spacecraft’s strike of the asteroid moon Dimorphos, in the year…
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NASA’s DART asteroid smash shows we could deflect a future threat
NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission did more than alter the motion of a small asteroid. New research shows…
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NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September…
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New NASA Asteroid Observations Eliminate Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact
Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observations collected on Feb. 18 and 26, experts from NASA’s Center for…
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NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon after all
Watch Andrew Rivkin, an astronomer who works in planetary defense, and EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd as they discuss asteroid 2024 YR4.…
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Massive asteroid impact 6.3 million years ago left giant glass field in Brazil
Scientists have identified Brazil’s first known field of tektites, the glassy material created when an asteroid or other extraterrestrial object…
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Asteroid Bennu reveals a new pathway to life’s chemistry
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned material from asteroid Bennu in 2023, scientists confirmed that the 4.6 billion year old rocks…
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Fast-spinning asteroid 2025 MN45 rewrites rotation record
This artist’s illustration depicts the fast-spinning asteroid 2025 MN45. It’s the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter greater than 500 meters…
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Potentially hazardous asteroid to safely pass Earth Monday
The asteroid 2005 UK1 will make a close – but safe – pass by Earth on January 12, 2026. Though…
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Japanese spacecraft faces a massive challenge from a house-size asteroid
Astronomers have gathered new data on the asteroid 1998 KY26 using observatories across several continents, including the European Southern Observatory’s…
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