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Help name the asteroid that Japan's Hayabusa2 probe will fly by in 2026
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will zoom past a small near-Earth asteroid in 2026 as part of its extended mission — and you could help name the space rock.
NASA radar images show stadium-size asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos)
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a powerful Deep Space Network radar antenna to image asteroid 2008 OS7 as it spun harmlessly past Earth on Feb. 2, 2024.
Radar could help scientists find potentially threatening asteroids. Here's how
The Greenbank Telescope could join NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar for planetary defense.
An asteroid the size of a bus will fly near Earth on Feb. 22 — but don't worry (video)
A newfound asteroid the size of a bus will zoom close by Earth on Thursday (Feb. 22), but it shouldn't pose a threat to our planet.
An asteroid will hit Earth at some point. What can we do about it?
Any day now, it could happen: We could detect an asteroid on an Earth-crossing trajectory. It might be tomorrow; it might be a thousand years from now. So what can we do about it?
Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever
Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of water in our solar system.
A tiny asteroid just snuck between the Earth and moon
A newly discovered asteroid has passed safely between the Earth and moon during a very close encounter this week.
Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.
