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Asteroids

3200 Phaethon Mini-Moons Near-Earth Objects Bennu Dinkinesh Near-Earth Asteroids Apophis 2024 PT5 Composition Trojan Asteroids 15 Eunomia Phobos and Deimos Mini Moons Impact Probability Kamoʻoalewa OSIRIS-REx Mission Risk Assessment Asteroid Collision Sample Collection Main Asteroid Belt Metal-Rich Asteroids Asteroid Belt Psyche Psyche Asteroid Binary Asteroids Earth's Temporary Moons Bennu Sample 2013 NK4 Comparison Asteroid Composition Water-rich Asteroids Vesta Asteroid 9 Metis H Chondrites Historical Impacts

NASA Study Reveals Asteroid Vesta Lacks a Core, Redefining Its Identity

Reanalysis of Dawn mission data shows Vesta's interior is unexpectedly uniform, challenging its classification as a protoplanet and sparking new hypotheses about its origin.

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks, Offering a Dazzling Night Sky Display

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend Despite Bright Moonlight

Jupiter Reaches Closest Point to Earth and Opposition in Rare Astronomical Event

Geminid Meteor Shower 2024: Brightest Shooting Stars to Peak Mid-December

Ancient Asteroid Impact Catalyzed Early Life on Earth

Earth Captures Temporary 'Mini-Moon' 2024 PT5

Earth Temporarily Captures Mini-Moon 2024 PT5

Earth to Host Temporary Mini Moon Until November

Earth to Temporarily Capture a 'Mini-Moon' This Weekend

Earth to Temporarily Gain a 'Mini-Moon' Starting September 29

NASA's DART Mission Unveils New Insights into Asteroid Deflection

Study Reveals Dark Comets Could Constitute 60% of Near-Earth Objects

James Webb Telescope Uncovers Asteroid Collision in Beta Pictoris

NASA's Lucy Discovers Complex History of Asteroid Dinkinesh and Its Binary Moon Selam

Earth's 'Quasi-Moon' Kamo’oalewa Linked to Lunar Crater

Asteroid 2013 NK4 Makes Closest Approach to Earth, Visible with Telescopes

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Begins Journey to Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids

NASA Successfully Opens OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Revealing Water and Carbon