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Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Overnight With Up to 120 Meteors an Hour

A late‑rising crescent moon leaves several dark hours for optimal naked‑eye viewing under clear, rural skies.

Geminids Peak This Weekend Under Darker Skies, With Forecasts of 120–150 Meteors Per Hour

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Dec. 13–14 With Dark Skies and Up to 150 Meteors an Hour

Geminid Meteor Shower Set to Peak Dec. 13–14 With Mostly Moon-Free Skies

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Dec. 13–14 Under Moon-Friendly Skies

Bennu Samples Yield Ribose, Glucose and a Novel Polymer in Peer-Reviewed Analyses

Ribose and First Extraterrestrial Glucose Confirmed in Bennu, Along With Gum-Like Organic and Rare Stardust

Bennu Samples Reveal Bio-Essential Sugars, 'Space Gum' and Supernova Dust in New Studies

OSIRIS-REx Study Reports Tryptophan Signal in Pristine Bennu Sample

UN and IAWN Launch Two-Month 3I/ATLAS Tracking Exercise as Agencies Reaffirm No Threat

Study Reports Tryptophan in Bennu Sample, Bringing Amino Acid Tally to 15

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Moon-Strike Risk Hinges on February JWST Observations

Two Lunar Impact Flashes Recorded by Japanese Telescopes Get Independent Confirmation

New Study Flags Possible Taurid ‘Resonant Swarm’ Risk in 2032 and 2036

Astronomers Confirm 2025 PN7 as Earth’s Seventh Quasi-Satellite

3I/ATLAS Nears Perihelion as Agencies Coordinate Tracking and Spacecraft Tail-Sampling Opportunities

Newly Found Asteroid Inside Venus Completes a 128-Day Orbit, Second-Fastest on Record

NASA Confirms Earth’s Temporary Quasi-Satellite as Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Nears Perihelion

NASA Confirms Tiny Asteroid 2025 PN7 as Earth’s Newest Quasi-Moon

NASA Confirms Tiny Asteroid 2025 PN7 as Earth’s Quasi-Moon Through 2083