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The asteroid Apophis is projected to pass within 32,000 kilometres of Earth on 13 April 2029, potentially becoming visible to 90% of humanity.
Recent scientific coverage revisits the dinosaur extinction event, highlighting new details about the asteroid impact.
Astronomers discover the first-ever three-lobed asteroid, challenging existing formation models and raising new scientific questions.
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Asteroid Apophis is set for a rare, close-proximity flyby on April 13, 2029, potentially visible to 90% of the global population.
China is developing a high-velocity 'asteroid hammer' spacecraft designed to strike space rocks at Mach 26 for planetary defense.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has captured a unique perspective of Mars, showcasing the Red Planet as a thin crescent during its transit to an asteroid.
A massive asteroid breakup 800 million years ago may have triggered a prolonged bombardment of Earth, Mars, and the Moon.
Scientists have traced a prehistoric asteroid breakup near Jupiter's gravity gateway to a massive bombardment of the inner solar system.
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Researchers have identified a rare class of 'oddball' meteorite as the catalyst for the mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
The 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis is projected to be visible to the naked eye for up to 90% of the global population during a 2029 flyby.
An object tracked as an asteroid since 1998 has been reclassified as a dark comet following an unexplained orbital shift.
A spacecraft is heading toward an asteroid previously impacted by NASA's DART mission after receiving a critical over-the-air update.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully utilized a Mars gravitational slingshot to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid of immense potential value.
China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has completed a billion-kilometer journey to rendezvous with the quasi-moon asteroid Kamoʻoalewa.
China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured the first-ever image of a mysterious 'quasi-moon' asteroid accompanying Earth around the Sun.
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has successfully completed a close flyby of asteroid Torifune to test planetary defense technologies.
Asteroid Day celebrations coincide with the launch of the Asteroids2029 initiative to boost global planetary defense efforts.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has discovered a wobbling, peanut-shaped asteroid bearing signs of ancient water.
The Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 is closing in on the quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa to collect surface samples.
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China's Tianwen-2 mission circles a quasi-moon as a new study questions whether the target is an ordinary space rock rather than lunar debris.
A rare lunar meteorite provides evidence of a massive asteroid impact 3.5 billion years ago that caused widespread melting on the Moon's surface.