Asteroid mission captures rarely seen perspective of Mars during close flyby

NASA’s Psyche mission to investigate a metal-rich asteroid captured rare glimpses of Mars during a recent flyby.
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Watch an asteroid the size of a blue whale hurtle towards Earth live online TODAY

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes ...

Asteroid impact site reveals possible traces of early life

A discovery by a South Korean research team suggests that impact-generated lakes may have fostered early oxygen-producing ...
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Ancient asteroid craters may have sparked Earth’s oxygen-producing life

A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ...
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Watch a newly discovered, blue-whale-size asteroid fly super close to Earth on Monday

Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on ...
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NASA's Psyche probe takes brand-new images of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid

NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars for a gravity assist on the way to its final target. And it took some ...
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A trail of shooting stars just gave astronomers the smoking gun of an asteroid quietly crumbling under the Sun’s heat — shedding debris along its orbit

Each December, the Geminid meteor shower puts on one of the most spectacular light shows of the year, sending hundreds of ...
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Watch how: NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics ...