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ESA’s Ramses Stays on Schedule as Agencies Line Up Studies for Apophis’ 2029 Flyby

Researchers see a rare chance to watch Earth’s gravity alter a large asteroid in real time.

Astronomers Confirm Long-Lived Quasi-Moon Companion to Earth

China Unveils Two-Spacecraft Test to Nudge an Asteroid’s Orbit

Small Asteroid 2025 QD8 Makes Safe Flyby Inside Lunar Distance Today

Asteroid 2025 QD8 Makes Close, Safe Flyby of Earth Today

Bennu Samples Tie Asteroid Color Differences to Surface Exposure Age

OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu’s Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Faster-Than-Expected Weathering

LICIACube Images Show 16 Million-Kilogram DART Ejecta That Drove Dimorphos’ Deflection

Japan Probes Brilliant Fireball Over Kyushu That Likely Broke Up Over the Pacific

Psyche Spacecraft Snaps Distant Earth–Moon Portrait During Instrument Checkout

JWST Spectra Tie Bennu and Ryugu to Polana Asteroid Family, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Exhibits Cometary Activity at Record 209,000 km/h

UGA Researchers Propose 'McDonough Meteorite' Name for 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Space Rock

Georgia Meteorite Dated at 4.56 Billion Years, Heads for Official Naming

Lifetime Asteroid Death Risk Exceeds Rabies but Falls Far Short of Car Crashes

Hubble and Rubin Data Clash on 3I/ATLAS Size as Alien-Spacecraft Theory Lingers

Goldstone Radar Maps Fast-Spinning 60-Meter Asteroid During Safe Close Flyby

NASA Declares Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS a Natural Comet, Not Alien Spacecraft

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Holds 4.3% Chance of Moon Strike in 2032

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Poses No Threat to Earth but Holds 4.3% Chance of Moon Impact