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NASA Shares First Complete View of Unusual Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Donaldjohanson
NASA's Lucy mission captured the highest resolution image yet of Donaldjohanson, the uniquely shaped asteroid.
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A Rare Interstellar Object Is Blazing Through Our Solar System, Marking Only the Third Cosmic Visitor on Record
Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...
Cosmic twist: James Webb detects hints of water on world’s priciest asteroid worth $100,000 quadrillion
Psyche, spanning 173 miles (280 km) at its widest, stands out in the asteroid belt. Long thought to be the exposed metallic ...
Will YR4 hit the moon? We won't know until 2028
Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...
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World’s Most Expensive Asteroid, $100,000 Quadrillion, May Be Rusting—James Webb Reveals Shocking Find
A recent study using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled new insights into the mysterious asteroid ...
Meteorite challenges the timeline of the early solar system
A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...
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It’s official – The solar system is receiving an unexpected visit from an interstellar object, which could change everything
The comet will zip past Mars’s orbit and reach its closest point to the Sun on 29 October 2025, at 1.35 astronomical units.