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Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)
Two asteroids are expected to make close but safe approaches to Earth this week, and you can watch them live.
Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.
AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
A new AI software has helped identify more than 27,000 asteroids in our solar system that had been overlooked in telescope images.
Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
Samples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar winds and tiny space rocks have had on the asteroid itself.
Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater
Scientists turned into cosmic crime scene investigators to reconstruct the impact that sent Earth's "quasi-moon" Kamo'oalewa rocketing from the lunar surface millions of years ago.
Iconic British meteorite 'Winchcombe' found to have a smashing past
A detailed analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite has found evidence that its parent asteroid was altered by water before being smashed apart multiple times.
This little robot can hop in zero-gravity to explore asteroids
A three-legged robot named SpaceHopper could help combat challenges of exploring low-gravity environments, such as asteroids or moons.
Car-size asteroid gives Earth a super-close shave with flyby closer than some satellites
A newly discovered space rock will harmlessly pass by Earth today. Still, at less than a tenth the distance to the moon, asteroid 2024 GJ2 will miss the planet by the skin of its teeth.
