Amid 3I/ATLAS Buzz ESA’s Planetary Defense Team Detects The 40,000th Near-Earth Asteroid; Is The Planet Safe?

The Planetary Defence System of the ESA earlier identified the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid. The current tally since the ESA ...

3I/ATLAS Update: Avi Loeb Spots 13th Anomaly Suggesting Comet May Be Targeting Jupiter

Is it a cosmic iceberg adrift in the void, or a calculated visitor with a mission? The silence of the outer solar system was ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. It ...

MSU assistant professor discovers new asteroid, a first for the state

A faculty member from Mississippi State University has discovered a new asteroid, a first for the Magnolia State.

Shooting for the Stars: MSU’s Gout makes asteroid discovery first for Mississippi

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University faculty member has made a celestial discovery in Starkville: the first ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock.The space agency released the images Monday, a day after the close ...

NASA Tracking Two House-Sized Asteroids Approaching Earth Today

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. The ...