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large asteroid in space with solar flare

Fastest-Spinning Asteroid To Date Spotted by Vera C. Rubin Observatory

a lunar vehicle on the moon

Methane from Lunar Landers May Contaminate Ancient Organic Molecules at the Moon's Poles

Comet 3I/ATLAS image from NASA on November 30, 2025

Saying Goodbye to Comet 3I/ATLAS, the Interstellar Visitor That Briefly Called Our Solar System Home

massive space collision

Violent Space Rock Smashups Caused a Dusty Wreck in a Nearby Planetary System

Asteroid Bennu in space

Asteroid Bennu Samples Carry Mysterious Space Gum, Sugars, and a Ton of Stardust 

Geminids meteor shower

Geminid Meteor Shower Could Display 100 Meteors Per Hour as Last Event of 2025

comet approaching the sun

Other ATLAS Comet Appears Fragmented After Close Encounter with The Sun

meteor shower streaking over trees

The Leonid Meteor Shower Returns This November — How to See It

meteor shower with tree

2032 and 2036 Taurid Meteor Showers Could Bring Larger Halloween Fireball Debris to Earth

Proto Earth

First Evidence From Proto Earth May Be a Chemical Imbalance Hidden Inside Ancient Rocks

Asteroid coming near Earth

An Asteroid Just Streaked Over Antarctica, Becoming the Second Closest Flyby Ever Recorded

an asteroid coming to close to earth

The City-Killer Asteroid May Hit the Moon in 2032 — What Would Happen If We Blasted It With Nukes First?

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