Asteroid the size of 60 sloths to fly past the Earth tomorrow

Sloths are the slowest mammals of all, but asteroid 2026 HX3 is anything but that – both in terms of being slow and in terms ...

NASA needs your help spotting meteors hitting the moon

The moon is bombarded by meteoroids the size of ping-pong balls every day. If humans want to have a long-term presence on ...
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NASA invites public to track lunar meteor impacts

NASA is calling on amateur astronomers to join its Impact Flash project, tracking meteoroids striking the Moon to aid future lunar base designs and study moonquakes. The effort follows Artemis II ...

Scientists Discover a New Meteor Shower From a Mysterious Crumbling Asteroid

A meteor cluster reveals an asteroid disintegrating near the Sun. These observations help uncover hidden asteroids and ...
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Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

The asteroid that NASA’s Dart spacecraft slammed into was never a threat to Earth. “This study marks a notable step forward in our ability to prevent future asteroid impacts on Earth,” the ...
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NASA calls on citizen scientists to track lunar meteor impacts

NASA is inviting the public to join its Impact Flash project to monitor meteoroids striking the moon, aiding research for future lunar bases. Citizen scientists with telescopes can record brief ...

What is Apophis? Giant asteroid is 3 years from Earth approach

The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth. Here's what to know.
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Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming ...