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New Meteor Shower Traces to Asteroid Crumbling Near the Sun

The finding gives astronomers a fresh way to track sun‑skimming asteroids for planetary defense.

Rubin Observatory Logs 11,000 New Asteroids in Early Data Sweep

Rubin Observatory Unveils 11,000 Newly Discovered Asteroids

Car-Sized Asteroid Set to Pass Earth Closer Than the Moon Today

JWST Data Rules Out 2032 Lunar Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Webb Data Confirms Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Safely Fly Past the Moon in 2032

Webb Data Rules Out 2032 Lunar Impact for Asteroid 2024 YR4

Webb Observations Eliminate 2032 Lunar-Impact Risk From Asteroid 2024 YR4

Webb Observations Rule Out 2032 Lunar Strike by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Webb Data Rules Out Lunar Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

NASA Warns 15,000 Medium Near-Earth Asteroids Remain Untracked

NASA Warns Thousands of Mid‑Sized Asteroids Remain Undetected as Deflection Capability Lags

Simulations Put 2024 YR4’s 2032 Lunar-Impact Odds at About 4 Percent

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has Small Chance of Hitting the Moon in 2032

NASA Clarifies "Second Moon" Hype: 2025 PN7 Is a Quasi‑Satellite, Not an Earth Moon

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

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

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

Tiny Asteroid Skims Earth at ISS Altitude Over Antarctica, Found Only Hours Later

Tiny Asteroid 2025 TF Skims Earth at ISS Altitude in One of Closest Recorded Flybys