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NASA CNEOS

• Asteroid 1998 OR2 to Safely Fly Past Earth This Week
  2020-04-28
  A large near-Earth asteroid will safely pass by our planet on Wednesday morning, providing astronomers with an exceptional opportunity to study the 2-kilometer-wide (1.5-mile-wide) object in great detail.
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  2025-02-03
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• 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.
• CNEOS Predicts Another Small Asteroid Impact, This One over Northwestern France
  2023-02-14
  Another tiny asteroid on a collision course with Earth was detected over the weekend, and JPL’s CNEOS Scout system accurately predicted where and when the impact would happen, well before it actually occurred.
• NASA System Predicts Small Asteroid to Pass Close by Earth This Week
  2023-01-25
  On Thursday, Jan. 26, a small near-Earth asteroid will have a very close encounter with our planet. Designated 2023 BU, the asteroid will zoom over the southern tip of South America at about 4:27 p.m. PST (7:27 p.m. EST) only 2,200 miles (3,600 kilometers) above the planet’s surface and well ...
• NASA Program Predicted Impact of Small Asteroid Over Ontario, Canada
  2022-11-22
  In the early hours of Saturday, Nov. 19, the skies over southern Ontario, Canada, lit up as a tiny asteroid harmlessly streaked across the sky high in Earth’s atmosphere, broke up, and likely scattered small meteorites over the southern coastline of Lake Ontario. The fireball wasn’t a surprise. Roughly 1 ...
• US Space Force Releases Decades of Bolide Data to NASA for Planetary Defense Studies
  2022-04-07
  Hosted by JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, the data can be used by the science community to better understand how asteroids break up when entering the atmosphere.
• Updated Calculations Refine the Impact Probability for (29075) 1950 DA
  2022-03-29
  (29075) 1950 DA is a kilometer-sized asteroid that will make a close approach to Earth in 2880 and, because of the corresponding impact probability and size, has ranked at the top of the Sentry risk list since 2014.

NASA Jet Propulsilon Laboratory:

• New Data Confirm 2020 SO to Be the Upper Centaur Rocket Booster From the 1960's
  2020-12-02
  The object, discovered in September by astronomers searching for near-Earth asteroids, garnered interest in the planetary science community due to its size and unusual orbit.
• MOXIE Could Help Future Rockets Launch Off Mars
  2020-11-24
  NASA's Perseverance rover carries a device to convert Martian air into oxygen that, if produced on a larger scale, could be used not just for breathing, but also for fuel.
• Independent Review Indicates NASA Prepared for Mars Sample Return Campaign
  2020-11-10
  A report, released Tuesday, concludes that the agency is well positioned for its ambitious plan to bring samples back from the Red Planet for further study on Earth.
• Impact Craters Reveal Details of Titan's Dynamic Surface Weathering
  2020-10-29
  New research on nine craters of Saturn's largest moon provides more details about how weathering affects the evolution of the surface - and what lies beneath.
• NASA InSight's 'Mole' Is Out of Sight
  2020-10-16
  Now that the heat probe is just below the Martian surface, InSight's arm will scoop some additional soil on top to help it keep digging so it can take Mars' temperature.
• This Transforming Rover Can Explore the Toughest Terrain
  2020-10-13
  Made of a pair of two-wheeled vehicles, NASA's DuAxel is designed to descend crater sides and near-vertical cliffs on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
• NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Peer Beneath Mars' Surface
  2020-10-08
  The agency's newest rover will use the first ground-penetrating radar instrument on the Martian surface to help search for signs of past microbial life.
• AI Is Helping Scientists Discover Fresh Craters on Mars
  2020-10-01
  It's the first time machine learning has been used to find previously unknown craters on the Red Planet.
• School Bus-Size Asteroid to Safely Zoom Past Earth
  2020-09-22
  Roughly 15 to 30 feet wide, the object will make its closest approach on Sept. 24.
• Comet Discovered to Have Its Own Northern Lights
  2020-09-21
  An atmospheric light show previously relegated to planets and Jupiter moons is found on comet using data from ESA's Rosetta spacecraft.

Space.com

• Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon
  2025-02-04
  The lunar canyons Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck are extraordinarily deep, and scientists now know the valleys were carved by bullet-fast moon rocks.
• Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from White House Oval Office
  2025-02-03
  Whether President Donald Trump still supports returning astronauts to the lunar surface remains to be seen, but one thing is for certain: the moon no longer has a place in his White House.
• Space mining company AstroForge identifies asteroid target for Odin launch next month
  2025-01-31
  AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 spacecraft, named Odin, which is set to launch next month on a SpaceX rocket.
• When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
  2025-01-31
  The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX in 2018.

Astronomy Now

• The Quadrantids: a strong meteor shower to start the year
  2025-01-02
  The Quadrantid meteor shower kicks off the meteor-watching calendar, peaking this year on 3 January. Renowned for its reliability, it consistently ranks among the best annual meteor displays.
• The Dark Tower
  2024-11-03
  This eerie, dark silhouette is a cometary globule designated GN 16.43.7.01. Despite their name, cometary globules have nothing to do with comets, beyond having a similar shape of a dusty head with a tail.

EarthSky

• Asteroid Bennu reveals conditions for life, but with twist
  2025-01-31
  Samples from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth in 2023 contain molecular building blocks for life, evidence of ancient salty water, and something mysterious. The post Asteroid Bennu reveals conditions for life, but with twist first appeared on EarthSky.

The Planetary Society

• Timeless collections
  2025-01-31
  From galaxies to stamps to asteroid samples, some collections never go out of style.
• Should you be worried about Asteroid 2024 YR4?
  2025-01-30
  Experts weigh in about the recently discovered near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 that has about a 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.
• Are we there yet?
  2024-12-20
  Perseverance makes it to the Jezero Crater rim, and we’re antsy to start another year of space exploration.
• How to spot Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)
  2024-12-18
  Catch this once-in-a-lifetime comet over the next few weeks.
• Twister, but make it magnetic
  2024-11-29
  A Jovian storm has its roots in a magnetic vortex, life finds a way into an asteroid sample, and more this week in space.
• Ripples and rivers
  2024-11-15
  Liquids do all kinds of interesting things on planetary surfaces, from creating rippled impact craters to streaming out from under carbon dioxide glaciers.
• Twinsies!
  2024-10-11
  Asteroids that come in pairs, matching volcanic features on Mars and Earth, and the potential space policies of two administrations.
• Hera launches to study the aftermath of an asteroid deflection test
  2024-10-07
  The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft launched on Oct. 7, 2024, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will travel to the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system to study the aftermath of the first-ever field test of an asteroid deflection technique.
• Cloudy skies, smooth sailing
  2024-09-27
  A Martian cloud atlas, LightSail wins big, and multiple missions coast toward launch.
• The Hera launch: What to expect
  2024-09-26
  The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a mission to study the aftermath of DART's impact on the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos.

Space Daily

• Meteor collision shakes Mars recorded by InSight
  2025-02-04
  Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A space rock crashed into the martian surface in February 2021, generating seismic waves that extended 1640 km to reach NASA's InSight lander. The collision carved out a crater about 21 m wide and disturbed roughly 1400 m. ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), through ...
• Telescoping from the moon
  2025-02-04
  Miami FL (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's successful Apollo 11 moon landing-from a flight that tested the lunar module in low Earth orbit to a dress rehearsal voyage that tested ...

The Space Review

• The future of robotic Mars exploration
  2024-12-16
  Last week, NASA unveiled a long-term plan for robotic exploration of Mars, including work to prepare for later human missions. Jeff Foust reports on the plan as well as ongoing efforts to revamp the Mars Sample Return program.
• Review: How to Kill an Asteroid
  2024-11-18
  Planetary defense has gone from a relatively fringe topic with little funding to one with NASA missions demonstrating the ability to change an asteroid's orbit. Jeff Foust reviews a book that examines those efforts to detect and defend Earth from asteroids, and the need to do more.
• The trials and tribulations of Hera
  2024-10-14
  ESA last week launched its Hera mission to the same asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft collided with two years ago. Jeff Foust reports on the struggles the Hera project faced getting the spacecraft launched, from funding challenges to a hurricane.
• An alternative Mars Sample Return program
  2024-08-19
  NASA is weighing different approaches to its Mars Sample Return program to lower its costs and speed up the return of samples. Dale Skran advocates for an approach that ties the effort more closely to future human exploration of the Red Planet.
• Review: The Asteroid Hunter
  2024-05-06
  Last September NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully returned samples from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after its launch. Jeff Foust reviews a book by the mission's principal investigator that describes the long effort to develop the mission and how it overcame obstacles along the way.
• NASA looks for an MSR lifeline
  2024-04-29
  Mars scientists hoped they would have a better idea of when and how they would get samples back from Mars after NASA completed an internal study of the Mars Sample Return program. Instead, as Jeff Foust reports, NASA is now turning to industry for help on how to reduce the ...
• MSR at serious risk
  2024-02-12
  Concerns about the budget and plans for NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) program came to a head last week when JPL laid off more than 500 employees, citing budget uncertainty about the program. Jeff Foust reports on the issues that have put the future of MSR into question for some.
• The case for a fleet of Martian helicopters
  2024-02-05
  Ingenuity, whose mission ended last month, was a first-of-its-kind Mars helicopter with no guarantees more will follow soon. Ari Allyn-Feuer discusses how sending a large number of similar helicopters could advance Martian exploration in novel ways.
• A capsule's fall marks the start of Asteroid Autumn
  2023-09-25
  On Sunday, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returned to Earth, dropping off a capsule containing samples collected from the asteroid Bennu. Jeff Foust reports on the success of the first part of NASA's "Asteroid Autumn" that includes a launch and a flyby.
• Review: Interstellar
  2023-09-11
  Last month, a paper claimed to have found evidence for interstellar meteorites at the bottom of the Pacific, a claim other scientists have treated skeptically. Jeff Foust review a book by the scientist who is the lead author of that study and other efforts using science to look for interstellar ...

Phys.org

• Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner, meteorite analysis suggests
  2025-02-03
  A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet.
• Pristine asteroid samples reveal secrets of the ancient solar system
  2025-02-02
  Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially transforming our understanding of planetary formation and the origins of life.
• Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
  2025-02-01
  Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.
• Dust from asteroid Bennu suggests solar system's potential for life was widespread
  2025-01-29
  It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it flew past Earth, which was then recovered in the desert of the U.S. state of Utah on September 24, 2023. Its contents: 122 grams of dust and rock ...
• Asteroid Bennu samples found to contain five nitrogenous bases crucial to supporting life
  2025-01-29
  Asteroids, small airless bodies within the inner solar system, are theorized to have contributed water and chemical building blocks of life to Earth billions of years ago. Although meteorites on Earth come from asteroids, the combination of exposure to moisture in the atmosphere and to an uncontrolled biosphere means that ...
• Dwarf planet Ceres may have received organic material from space objects
  2025-01-27
  The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.
• Dormancy: Life's first survival strategy?
  2025-01-08
  The early Earth was an extreme place. Asteroids pommeled the surface. Volcanoes spewed lava and carbon dioxide. The thick, toxic atmosphere lacked oxygen. Yet, in this turmoil, life emerged.
• Where's the most promising place to find Martian life?
  2024-12-23
  New research suggests that our best hopes for finding existing life on Mars isn't on the surface, but buried deep within the crust.

• Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
  2025-02-02
  On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032.
• The hidden power of the smallest microquasars: Study finds evidence of particle acceleration
  2025-01-29
  Our home planet is bombarded with particles from outer space all the time. And while we are mostly familiar with the rocky meteorites originating from within our solar system that create fascinating shooting stars in the night sky, it's the smallest particles that help scientists to understand the nature of ...

• How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
  2025-02-04
  New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.
• Machine learning reveals meteoroid impacts may play a bigger role in triggering marsquakes
  2025-02-03
  Meteoroid impacts create seismic waves that cause Mars to shake more strongly and deeply than previously thought. This is shown by an investigation using artificial intelligence carried out by an international research team led by the University of Bern. Similarities were found between numerous meteoroid impacts on the surface of ...
• Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner, meteorite analysis suggests
  2025-02-03
  A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet.
• New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
  2025-02-02
  In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.
• Pristine asteroid samples reveal secrets of the ancient solar system
  2025-02-02
  Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially transforming our understanding of planetary formation and the origins of life.
• Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
  2025-02-02
  On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032.
• Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
  2025-02-01
  Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.
• Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
  2025-01-30
  A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.
• Dust from asteroid Bennu suggests solar system's potential for life was widespread
  2025-01-29
  It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it flew past Earth, which was then recovered in the desert of the U.S. state of Utah on September 24, 2023. Its contents: 122 grams of dust and rock ...
• Asteroid Bennu samples found to contain five nitrogenous bases crucial to supporting life
  2025-01-29
  Asteroids, small airless bodies within the inner solar system, are theorized to have contributed water and chemical building blocks of life to Earth billions of years ago. Although meteorites on Earth come from asteroids, the combination of exposure to moisture in the atmosphere and to an uncontrolled biosphere means that ...

• AI technique predicts Hall thruster power for spacecraft with high accuracy
  2025-02-03
  A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such as SpaceX's constellation satellites, Starlink and NASA's asteroid probe, Psyche, and is one of the core space technologies.
• A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?
  2025-02-01
  A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles.
• Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
  2025-01-30
  A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

SciTechDaily

• Discovering Hidden Water Reservoirs on the Moon
  2025-02-04
  Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water. A team from UC San Diego is helping to identify lunar water sources, aiding NASA’s Artemis mission in its quest to explore and eventually colonize the moon. By analyzing ...

BBC Science

• UN monitors asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth
  2025-02-03
  The asteroid named YR4 has a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
• Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
  2025-01-29
  Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.
• Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks
  2024-08-12
  Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.

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