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For nearly three decades, astronomers tracked a 1,250-foot-wide object relatively close to Earth that they thought was an asteroid. It looked like one. It followed the expected path. Telescopes saw no ...

An asteroid is expected to eventually hit Earth, highlighting the importance of preparing for such an event. This video ...

NASA’s Lucy mission is now less than a year from reaching the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. And it has already made some ...

Have you ever been out at night and seen a streak of light blast across the sky and disappear? Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky? As the director of the ...

In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft violently smashed into a tiny asteroid as a test of planetary defense. Now, a new probe ...

Learn about an object in space that has emerged as a dark comet, displaying a much fainter glow than most comets. Some near-Earth objects orbiting in space have a serious identity crisis. They may ...

Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong ...

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A near-Earth object once thought to be an asteroid turns out to be a dark comet, challenging scientists' notions about identifying space rocks. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration For nearly three ...