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NASA CNEOS

• SpaceDev Places JPL On Contract To Support NEAP Mission Planning
  1998-12-15
  
• News
  2026-07-21
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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

• 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' season 4 opener is a pulpy sci-fi joy packed with dinosaurs, martians, and a 5th planet where the asteroid belt should be
  2026-07-23
  Dinosaurs, Martians, and the fate of the human race? This could be more than your standard day at the office for the Enterprise crew.
• After nearly 30 years, NASA realized this near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet. The discovery may help us defend the planet some day
  2026-07-22
  Astronomers discovered that a near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet that could help scientists identify more hidden comets and improve planetary defense.
• Our 1st-ever up-close look at the Martian surface | Space photo of the day for July 22, 2026
  2026-07-22
  What might seem like a simple black-and-white picture of some rocks is actually the first photograph ever taken on the surface of Mars.
• Billions of miles and thousands of years in the making: This is the life of a Perseid shooting star
  2026-07-21
  Exile, an interplanetary odyssey and a fateful encounter, this is the journey taken by each Perseid meteor.
• A massive crater was spotted on Google Earth. It could be a scar from an ancient meteorite impact
  2026-07-21
  While getting ready for a camping trip, an amateur astronomer spotted a possible crater. It appears to be a match, pending microscopic results.
• Ancient sandstorm leaves behind wreckage on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 20, 2026
  2026-07-20
  Remnants from Martian history stay scattered across the planet's surface.

Universe Today

• Mars Express Captures 'Metallic' Waves Rolling Across an Ancient Martian Crater
  2026-07-24
  When we think of Mars as the “Red Planet”, the image that comes to mind is just that - a lot of red. That comes from the oxidization of the dust and rocks that cover the planet's surface, but there are some instances where the Red Planet still has a ...
• Spin-Reversing Comet May Face Self-Destruction
  2026-07-24
  Comets are known for providing breathtaking observations of their long and shiny tails when they travel too close to the Sun. This happens because comets are made of ice and primarily orbit far from the Sun, but as their icy core heats up it evaporates, resulting in the aforementioned breathtaking ...
• Should Scientists Have Research "Reserves" on the Moon?
  2026-07-24
  The worlds of the Solar System offer up exciting and (so far) mostly pristine places for planetary scientists to study. As space missions continue to travel to Mars, Europa, asteroids, and other worlds, questions keep coming up about keeping them safe for continued exploration and observations.
• Electrically Charged Mars Storms Threaten Future Exploration
  2026-07-22
  Martian dust storms are some of the most fascinating and mysterious planetary surface processes ever observed, as Earth, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Titan are the only known planetary bodies to have active dust storms. However, the major difference for Mars is its dust storms can blanket the entire planet at ...
• NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Captured a Time-Lapse Video of its Mars Flyby
  2026-07-22
  NASA's Psyche mission used a gravity assist maneuver at Mars to gain velocity and adjust its trajectory to its eventual target. The asteroid 16 Psyche is a metal-rich asteroid that may be the remnant rocky core of a protoplanet. The flyby not only shepherded the spacecraft on to its target, ...
• Astronomers Catch a "Dark Comet" Red-Handed
  2026-07-21
  Our ability to track and visualize small rocks in space is still improving. And occasionally we’ll find a space rock that will remind us of that fact. One such rock is detailed in a new paper, led by Davide Farnocchia of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and recently published in Nature ...
• 800 Million Years Ago, a Catastrophic Asteroid Breakup Rained Fire on the Inner Solar System
  2026-07-21
  On Earth, it’s hard to track events that reshape its surface, as the surface itself is being reshaped constantly by weather and tectonic or volcanic upheavals. However, the Moon is much more static, and scientists have been slowly unraveling a pattern that is noticeable in its craters - that something ...
• Catch Comet 10P Tempel While You Can
  2026-07-21
  A low-number periodic comet is stalking our fair planet this summer, and putting on its best show of several generations. We’re talking about Comet 10P/Tempel. The comet is currently loitering in the early dawn sky, presenting a good target for large binoculars or a small telescope. But act fast, as ...

EarthSky

• Oldest Mars meteorite reveals Mars lost its water early
  2026-07-24
  A new analysis of the the oldest known Mars meteorite, Teghaza 001, reveals evidence for a granite-like crust and the start of the loss of water on early Mars. The post Oldest Mars meteorite reveals Mars lost its water early first appeared on EarthSky.
• Visible planets and night sky guide for July and August
  2026-07-24
  EarthSky's visible planets and night sky guide. This evening, the gibbous moon lies near red Antares. And it's meteor season! Watch a video here. The post Visible planets and night sky guide for July and August first appeared on EarthSky.
• Delta Aquariid meteor shower: All you need to know in 2026
  2026-07-24
  The peak of the Delta Aquariid meteor shower is late July. But the shower rambles along steadily for weeks and intermingles with the famous Perseids. The post Delta Aquariid meteor shower: All you need to know in 2026 first appeared on EarthSky.

The Planetary Society

• 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.
• Big Moon mission, little space rocks
  2026-04-03
  The Artemis II launch, and meteorites on Earth and the Moon.

Space Daily

• As Mars’s atmosphere thinned and its surface became cold, dry and irradiated billions of years ago, any surviving microbial life may have found its last refuge underground. Yet the environments most capable of sheltering life could lie metres—or kilometres—below the surface, far deeper than any spacecraft has directly sampled.
  2026-07-24
  We may be looking for Martian life in all the wrong places—and at depths we cannot yet reach. The post As Mars’s atmosphere thinned and its surface became cold, dry and irradiated billions of years ago, any surviving microbial life may have found its last refuge underground. Yet the environments most ...

Phys.org

• Rocks from unexplored far side of the moon help rewrite lunar history
  2026-07-24
  Ancient samples from the moon's far side are helping scientists uncover how asteroid impacts shaped the early solar system. The findings challenge decades of thinking about when those impacts occurred and offer new insights into the conditions that influenced Earth's evolution.

• Alien world chemistry found inside meteorite that struck New Jersey home
  2026-07-15
  On July 16, 2024, a daytime meteor shook New York City with a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty. Now, an international team of researchers reports in the journal Science Advances that a short time later, a meteorite weighing more than 2 pounds crashed ...
• Six massive landslides discovered on icy Pluto
  2026-07-13
  Scientists have detected evidence of landslides on Pluto for the first time. A paper published in the journal Icarus reports that images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during a flyby revealed six large landslides in three impact craters.
• Much of Earth's 'space dust' may come from unidentified near-Earth asteroids
  2026-07-07
  Like a shelf in an old house, the Earth collects a lot of dust from its surroundings. This "space dust" is mostly made up of micrometeorites that survive atmospheric entry and provides researchers with a cheap and easy way to obtain samples to study our cosmic neighbors. However, it can ...
• Earth microbes can survive individual martian hazards—and evade astronaut immune systems
  2026-07-01
  Hopefully, we're about to travel back to the moon relatively soon. And while the original "giant leap for mankind" was taken by a human, Neil Armstrong brought a plethora of other forms of life along with him. Humans themselves are essentially walking ecosystems, and understanding how our microbial companions survive ...
• We discovered a new rock type containing garnet inside a meteorite fragment from Mars
  2026-06-24
  On Earth, garnet is best known as the fiery red January birthstone—popular in jewelry since the Bronze Age and valued highly by ancient Egyptians.

• Should scientists have research 'reserves' on the moon?
  2026-07-24
  The worlds of the solar system are exciting and, so far, mostly pristine places for planetary scientists to study. As space missions continue to travel to Mars, Europa, asteroids and other worlds, questions arise about keeping them safe for continued exploration and observation.

• Rocks from unexplored far side of the moon help rewrite lunar history
  2026-07-24
  Ancient samples from the moon's far side are helping scientists uncover how asteroid impacts shaped the early solar system. The findings challenge decades of thinking about when those impacts occurred and offer new insights into the conditions that influenced Earth's evolution.
• Should scientists have research 'reserves' on the moon?
  2026-07-24
  The worlds of the solar system are exciting and, so far, mostly pristine places for planetary scientists to study. As space missions continue to travel to Mars, Europa, asteroids and other worlds, questions arise about keeping them safe for continued exploration and observation.
• When a SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon, scientists will be watching
  2026-07-21
  On Aug. 5, 2026, an abandoned piece of space junk is predicted to crash into the moon near a spot called Einstein Crater. Astronomers will be watching because the collision and aftermath may be visible from Earth.
• Mars's 2018 planetwide dust storm hints at possible solar influence on its weather
  2026-07-21
  Solar storms may affect weather on Mars when they strike at the same time as major Martian dust storms, a new study suggests for the first time. Researchers found evidence of rising temperatures in the red planet's lower atmosphere when the two events coincided—hinting that Mars may have a more ...
• NASA's Psyche mission delivers Mars flyby data, time-lapse video
  2026-07-18
  The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in preparation for its arrival at asteroid Psyche in 2029.
• After traveling a billion kilometers, China's asteroid hunter finally arrives
  2026-07-15
  What does it take to catch up with a small, tumbling rock hundreds of thousands of kilometers from Earth? For China's Tianwen-2 mission, the answer was a 400-day chase covering roughly 1 billion kilometers (621 million miles) of deep space—one that has just ended in success. The China National Space ...

• When a SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon, scientists will be watching
  2026-07-21
  On Aug. 5, 2026, an abandoned piece of space junk is predicted to crash into the moon near a spot called Einstein Crater. Astronomers will be watching because the collision and aftermath may be visible from Earth.
• After traveling a billion kilometers, China's asteroid hunter finally arrives
  2026-07-15
  What does it take to catch up with a small, tumbling rock hundreds of thousands of kilometers from Earth? For China's Tianwen-2 mission, the answer was a 400-day chase covering roughly 1 billion kilometers (621 million miles) of deep space—one that has just ended in success. The China National Space ...
• Alien world chemistry found inside meteorite that struck New Jersey home
  2026-07-15
  On July 16, 2024, a daytime meteor shook New York City with a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty. Now, an international team of researchers reports in the journal Science Advances that a short time later, a meteorite weighing more than 2 pounds crashed ...
• Another success for Hayabusa 2 as it completes a flyby of asteroid Torifune
  2026-07-08
  Hayabusa 2's primary mission is now well in the past. JAXA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with asteroid Ryugu in June 2018. It studied the asteroid for 1.5 years and gathered a sample that was returned to Earth in December 2020.

SciTechDaily

• The Hotspot Beneath Hawaii Is Getting Hotter, Defying a Long-Held Geological Theory
  2026-07-24
  Rising mantle temperatures and two heat surges may explain why some Hawaiian volcanoes grew exceptionally large. A 3500 km (2200 mile) trail of volcanoes records the Pacific plate’s slow passage over the Hawaiian hotspot. Instead of cooling through time as geologists have generally expected, the mantle plume beneath this chain ...
• 3.1-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the History of Earth’s Early Tectonics
  2026-07-23
  Earth may have been recycling surface water through its deep interior more than three billion years ago. In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, volcanic rocks more than three billion years old preserve traces of a journey once considered unlikely. Their chemistry suggests that water from Earth’s surface had already ...

Science Daily

• China’s Tianwen-1 captures interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Mars
  2026-07-24
  China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter captured a faint but remarkable view of 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar comet raced past Mars. The images reveal its tail and glowing coma, offering scientists a glimpse of material born beyond our solar system.
• A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origins of life
  2026-07-19
  Researchers have created cosmic dust from scratch by recreating space-like conditions inside glass tubes. The dust contains complex carbon-rich molecules built from elements essential to life and produces infrared signals similar to real material found in space. By studying these laboratory samples, scientists can explore how organic chemistry unfolds around ...
• Scientists identify the rare meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
  2026-07-19
  The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was likely an exceptionally rare CO chondrite from a distant region of the solar system. Its unusual chemistry suggests that planet-cooling dust and debris, rather than sulfur inside the asteroid, may have delivered the deadliest blow.
• A shattered asteroid may have bombarded Earth 800 million years ago
  2026-07-18
  A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway controlled by Jupiter, sending fragments toward Earth, the Moon, and Mars. The bombardment may explain ancient lunar craters and ...
• NASA's Perseverance just completed a marathon on Mars
  2026-07-14
  NASA's Perseverance rover has reached an impressive new milestone on Mars, completing the equivalent of a full marathon by driving 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers) across the Red Planet. It accomplished the feat in just five years and four months, reaching the distance on its 1,890th Martian day, less than half ...
• This Mars rover could finally reveal whether life ever existed on Mars
  2026-07-09
  The hunt for ancient life on Mars just got an important test run. Scientists confirmed that the Rosalind Franklin rover's sophisticated instrument can detect subtle differences in two stable molecules that could preserve evidence of past life for billions of years. But the team also uncovered a surprise: organic molecules ...

BBC Science

• When can you see the Perseid meteor shower?
  2026-07-23
  The Perseid meteor shower is set to light up the night sky, putting on a spectacular treat for skygazers.
• When can you see the Perseid meteor shower?
  2026-07-23
  The Perseid meteor shower is set to light up the night sky, putting on a spectacular treat for skygazers.

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