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NASA CNEOS

• SpaceDev Places JPL On Contract To Support NEAP Mission Planning
  1998-12-15
  
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  2026-10-09
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• NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
  2026-07-16
  New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and using powerful observatories that image faint celestial objects.
• NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
  2026-03-06
  The DART impact not only altered Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos but also produced a measurable shift in the entire binary system’s orbit around the Sun.
• New NASA Asteroid Observations Eliminate Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact
  2026-03-05
  Observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observations on Feb. 18 and 26, 2026, refine near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit and rule out a chance of lunar impact on Dec. 22, 2032.
• NASA Discovers Interstellar Comet Moving Through Solar System
  2025-07-02
  On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations of a comet that originated from interstellar space.
• Latest Calculations Conclude Asteroid 2024 YR4 Now Poses No Significant Threat to Earth in 2032 and Beyond
  2025-02-24
  NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 as an impact threat to Earth for the foreseeable future.
• Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale
  2025-01-31
  NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a small chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.
• NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact
  2024-03-19
  After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk.
• NASA System Predicts Impact of a Very Small Asteroid Over Germany
  2024-01-24
  The Scout impact assessment system calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a useful demonstration of planetary defense capability.

Space.com

• Returning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan's bold MMX mission to Mars
  2026-10-18
  Japan's mission to Mars' moons could answer a decades old question dividing the origins of Phobos and Deimos between two conflicting theories, and make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from orbit of the Red Planet.
• The Orionid meteor shower peaks next week! Here's what to expect
  2026-10-17
  The Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight on Oct. 21-22, bringing a spectacular display of shooting stars to the autumn sky.
• When not to watch a meteor shower — why I'm not staying up for the Orionids
  2026-10-16
  The Orionid meteor shower peaks next week, but a bright moon makes much of the night less than ideal. Sometimes the sensible observing decision is knowing when to stay in bed — and when to get up early.
• How to see the Orionid meteor shower 2026 peak this week — and when to look
  2026-10-16
  The Orionids peak around Oct. 21. Here's when and where to look for the best chance of spotting meteors.
• Windblown yardangs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2026
  2026-10-15
  Martian sands blown by strong winds left rippled ridges on the surface of the Red Planet, as seen in this new image from the Mars Express spacecraft.

Sky&Telescope

• Rise Early on October 22nd for the Orionid Meteor Shower
  2026-10-14
  The Moon bugs out just in time to enjoy the peak of the Orionids, which trace their origin to Halley's Comet. The post Rise Early on October 22nd for the Orionid Meteor Shower appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

• Rise Early on October 22nd for the Orionid Meteor Shower
  2026-10-14
  The Moon bugs out just in time to enjoy the peak of the Orionids, which trace their origin to Halley's Comet. The post Rise Early on October 22nd for the Orionid Meteor Shower appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Astronomy Now

• Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater
  2026-08-05
  Today’s impact of a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage on the Moon may sound dramatic, but it is neither the first human-made object to strike our natural satellite nor the largest.

Universe Today

• The ESA's Euclid Space Telescope Has Discovered A New Comet
  2026-10-19
  The ESA's Euclid space telescope was launched in July, 2026, and its mission is to observe billions of galaxies. The goal is to measure their redshifts over 10 billion years of Universal expansion, to better understand dark matter and dark energy. Surprisingly, the telescope has discovered a brand new comet, ...
• Orionid, Taurid Meteors Haunt October Skies
  2026-10-15
  Fall meteor season has begun. Late October not only sees dusk falling ever earlier as ghouls and goblins walk the Earth on Halloween, but it also sees the peak of two fine annual meteor showers kicking off Halloween season: the Orionid and Taurid meteor showers.
• The Perseverance Rover Reaches Another Milestone
  2026-10-14
  NASA's Perseverance Rover has reached another milestone. It now holds the record for the longest distance travelled on another world, meaning Mars and Earth's Moon. It's all thanks the ingenuity behind AutoNav, it's hazard-detection driving system. It's a win for science, as more distance travelled means more scientific objectives are ...
• Curiosity Greets a Spectacular Dawn Sky on Mars
  2026-10-14
  Mars is a planetary geologist’s paradise. NASA’s Curiosity rover drove that home recently, with a captivating panorama seen from the slopes of Mount Sharp. The image shows a stunning vista, and was not white-balance adjusted during processing, to show just what a viewer might really see at sunrise standing of ...

EarthSky

• Visible planets and night sky guide for October
  2026-10-19
  Visible planets and night sky guide. The Orionid meteor shower is just beginning to ramp up! Ready to catch some shooting stars? Here's when and where to look! The post Visible planets and night sky guide for October first appeared on EarthSky.
• Comet Halley is parent of 2 meteor showers
  2026-10-18
  The famous comet Halley spawns both the October Orionid meteor shower and the May Eta Aquariid meteor shower. It'll return to the inner solar system in 2061. The post Comet Halley is parent of 2 meteor showers first appeared on EarthSky.

The Planetary Society

• Amoebas and anniversaries
  2026-09-25
  A new crater on the Moon, super-hot amoebas, and Hubble marks an orbital milestone as well as one of your own.
• Announcing our new STEP Grant winners: A Solar System shadow-tracker, a new telescope tool, and an asteroid database
  2026-09-21
  Three groups of scientists will receive crowdfunded support to further the scientific exploration of space.
• More than one way to make an impact
  2026-07-17
  Finding craters, speaking out against anti-science policies, preventing asteroid impacts, making art — these are all great ways to make a difference.
• Say hello to our little friends
  2026-07-10
  Hayabusa2 and Tianwen-2 get up close and personal with two asteroids.
• Hayabusa2’s flyby of asteroid Torifune
  2026-07-07
  On Sunday, July 5, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Hayabusa2 probe performed a close flyby of the asteroid Torifune.
• An ocean of stars
  2026-07-03
  The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has kicked off an epic mission to map the Universe, including potentially dangerous asteroids.
• China’s Tianwen-2 mission has (probably) arrived at a quasi-moon of Earth
  2026-06-25
  The probe aims to bring back a sample from the asteroid Kamo'oalewa.
• Big impacts
  2026-05-29
  New asteroid discoveries, big changes at NASA, and breathtaking views of Saturn.

Space Daily

• A buried crater under the town of Ames, Oklahoma, that produces oil and gas was dated to the wrong era by about 100 million years, and its new age of about 370 million years puts it close to a mass extinction that wiped out much of the sea’s life
  2026-10-18
  Zircon dating moves the buried Ames impact in Oklahoma to about 370 million years ago, close in time to the Late Devonian mass extinction, UT Austin researchers report. The post A buried crater under the town of Ames, Oklahoma, that produces oil and gas was dated to the wrong era by ...

Phys.org

• Euclid discovers its first new comet 810 million miles from Earth
  2026-10-19
  The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet in images taken between Sept. 16 and 24, 2026.

• First comprehensive Mars soil classification offers framework for exploration and future farming
  2026-10-16
  A Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney has produced the first comprehensive classification system and map of Martian soils, creating a new framework that could help scientists compare landscapes across the Red Planet and identify promising locations for future exploration, habitation and food production.
• Sugar found in meteorites may have helped secure its own survival on early Earth
  2026-09-30
  Is there life elsewhere, or is Earth unique in the universe? This is one of humanity's great unanswered questions. One way to approach this mystery is to investigate how life began here on Earth. Our research explores the conditions in which a mixture of molecules somehow transformed from chemistry into ...
• Early Mars rocks reveal at least three separate water episodes
  2026-09-21
  When NASA's Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars' Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found. The geologic area, called the "Margin Unit," stretches along the shoreline of an ancient Martian lake, so they expected sedimentary rocks, which would have formed as layers ...
• A glimpse of the solar system's origins: Striking details on the molecules inside a meteorite
  2026-09-17
  Researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory have teamed up to get a fresh look at the complex makeup of meteorites and glimpse into our solar system's past.
• Asteroid Ryugu's dust reveals nitrogen's slow concentration into complex molecules
  2026-09-10
  Nitrogen is a key ingredient in the biomolecules that form the building blocks of life. Yet as an unbonded gas, it is far more likely to drift into space than to lock itself into solid compounds, making it difficult for astronomers to trace its journey to Earth in the distant ...

• Vera Rubin Observatory spots the largest ultra-fast spinning asteroid yet
  2026-10-13
  The speed of an asteroid's spin can tell astronomers a surprising amount about what it is made of. However, existing approaches to measuring spin based on telescope observations can often produce misleading estimates.

• Euclid discovers its first new comet 810 million miles from Earth
  2026-10-19
  The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet in images taken between Sept. 16 and 24, 2026.
• Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon
  2026-10-18
  Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that could help unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, in what aims to be the first round trip to the Martian region.
• Japan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos
  2026-10-18
  A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the bigger of Mars's two small moons.
• Japan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moon
  2026-10-18
  Japan is set to launch a spacecraft on the world's first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars.
• Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats
  2026-10-17
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.
• First comprehensive Mars soil classification offers framework for exploration and future farming
  2026-10-16
  A Ph.D. student at the University of Sydney has produced the first comprehensive classification system and map of Martian soils, creating a new framework that could help scientists compare landscapes across the Red Planet and identify promising locations for future exploration, habitation and food production.
• Vera Rubin Observatory spots the largest ultra-fast spinning asteroid yet
  2026-10-13
  The speed of an asteroid's spin can tell astronomers a surprising amount about what it is made of. However, existing approaches to measuring spin based on telescope observations can often produce misleading estimates.
• NASA's Curiosity rover catches stunning Martian dawn
  2026-10-06
  A newly released panorama captured by NASA's Curiosity rover offers the most detailed view yet of distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the mission's scientists have long been waiting to see up close. The scene was snapped at 8:30 a.m. local Mars time, showing striking blue hues in the foreground ...

• Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon
  2026-10-18
  Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that could help unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, in what aims to be the first round trip to the Martian region.
• Japan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos
  2026-10-18
  A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the bigger of Mars's two small moons.

SciTechDaily

• Scientists Turn Ordinary Plastic Into Billions of Tiny Diamonds Using Powerful Lasers
  2026-10-19
  Diamonds recovered from plastic contain roughly 3,000 atoms each and could be modified with other elements for future use in medical imaging. Powerful lasers can turn plastic into tiny diamonds, but recovering the crystals means catching them as they shoot out at speeds comparable to a meteorite impact. Researchers at ...

BBC Science

• Mission blasts off for Mars to grab a piece of its moon
  2026-10-19
  A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
• How to see the Orionid meteor shower
  2026-10-18
  One of the best-known meteor showers peaks this week and will remain active until 7 November.
• Mission blasts off for Mars to grab a piece of its moon
  2026-10-19
  A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
• Mission blasts off for Mars to grab a piece of its moon
  2026-10-19
  A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.

wired.com

• Japan’s MMX Mission Wants to Bring Martian Moon Samples Back to Earth
  2026-10-19
  JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.

• Japan’s MMX Mission Wants to Bring Martian Moon Samples Back to Earth
  2026-10-19
  JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.

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