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• SpaceDev Places JPL On Contract To Support NEAP Mission Planning
  1998-12-15
  
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  2026-07-30
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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

• Japan unveils Mars moon sample-return spacecraft ahead of Oct. 19 launch (photos)
  2026-08-21
  Japan recently gave the world a look at the spacecraft of its MMX mission, which will launch on Oct. 19 to grab pieces of the Mars moon Phobos and haul them back to Earth.
• Mars Express orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in 'The Martian'
  2026-08-20
  Europe's Mars Express orbiter has captured stunning telemetry to create a new flyover visualization of the Red Planet's Southern Highlands and Schiaparelli Crater in magnificent detail.
• A SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon this month — and a NASA spacecraft has spotted its lunar grave (photos)
  2026-08-19
  NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding it to be about 60 feet (18 meters) wide.

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

• NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, With Some Help From a Korean Spacecraft
  2026-08-21
  A SpaceX Falcon upper stage crashed into the Moon on August 5th. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of the crash site from different viewing angles and with different sunlight angles. The images showed that the crater is about 18 meters wide and about 3 meters deep. SpaceX says the ...
• Mars's Funky Moon Deimos was Shaped by an Impact
  2026-08-20
  Mars' moon Deimos has a large crater on its southern pole. It's also covered by a layer of regolith so deep it buries many other, smaller craters. New research shows that an impact is responsible for both, and that the moon is rather fragile and porous, like a rubble pile ...
• Racing to Build a Radio Telescope on the Moon
  2026-08-19
  Remember the “Wow!” signal? That high energy radio signature happened in 1977, when the Earth was much “quieter” in the radio band. If it were to happen today, it probably wouldn’t even move the needle on the background noise of human radio chatter. Signals from satellites, radar, and other human ...
• JWST Peeks at Callisto’s Ancient Scars
  2026-08-18
  Of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Callisto is the one that gets the least attention. Io is constantly being resurfaced by volcanoes. Europa has a giant liquid water ocean. And Ganymede has its own magnetic field that interacts with its parent planet in weird ways. Callisto, by comparison, seems sedate, with ...

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.

Space Daily

• The Moon’s far side is not darker, but it is rougher: its crust is about 60 kilometres thick versus 40 on the Earth-facing side, so ancient impacts struggled to punch through and flood it with the dark lava seas that made the familiar face we see
  2026-08-21
  The far side's thicker crust impeded magma, but GRAIL and Chang'e-6 show that heat, chemistry and lithospheric cooling also shaped the Moon's unequal faces. The post The Moon’s far side is not darker, but it is rougher: its crust is about 60 kilometres thick versus 40 on the Earth-facing side, so ...

Phys.org

• What a dry meteorite tells us about water on Mars
  2026-08-13
  Detecting water where none remains today: Neutron and X-ray tomography make it possible. In an international study conducted with the participation of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, researchers have brought to light macroscopic hydrogen-rich regions inside a Martian meteorite. The findings provide evidence for early water-rock interactions on Mars.
• Mars could have carried liquid water more recently than we thought
  2026-08-11
  For decades, astronomers have assumed that the Martian surface froze solid around 3 billion years ago and has stayed that way ever since. If this were really the case, any liquid water would have long since either been locked away underground or lost to space.
• Laying odds on the potential for Martian water near future landing zones
  2026-08-01
  We know Mars has water ice in its polar regions, but astronauts (and their solar-powered equipment!) would much rather experience life closer to Mars' equator. As NASA looks toward landing humans on the red planet, the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) is mapping where water should and shouldn't be found and ...
• 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.

• Nuking an asteroid on short notice could save us
  2026-08-18
  Readers of a certain age will remember a golden era of asteroid films, capped by two with very different endings. "Deep Impact" drove home the devastating consequences of letting a large piece of rock hit our planet, whereas "Armageddon," though arguably the kitschier of the two films, was an uplifting ...

• China is launching a moon mission to find water ice
  2026-08-21
  We've known for nearly two decades that some form of water exists on the moon. What we still don't know is exactly how much accessible water ice lies inside permanently shadowed craters, how deeply it is buried or what form it takes.
• Interworld Slingshot: Exploring a new way to find resources in space
  2026-08-19
  Before people can mine resources on the moon, asteroids or Mars, they need to answer a few key questions: What is there? How much is there? And where can it be found? A team led by SETI Institute research scientist Pablo Sobron is looking into a new way to answer ...
• Mars attacks: How much dust from the red planet is safe to breathe?
  2026-08-19
  NASA has released a report recommending an initial health standard for the Martian dust that astronauts could inhale during future missions. Although sending people to Mars is still years away, NASA needs to establish safety limits now. Spacecraft, spacesuits and crew habitats take years to design and test, and engineers ...
• NASA's LRO images Falcon 9 crater on moon, learns new details
  2026-08-19
  Between Aug. 11–12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the moon. The crater formed Aug. 5, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the surface following its Jan. 2025 launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission.
• A single asteroid impact may explain the appearance of Mars' moon Deimos
  2026-08-19
  Deimos, the smaller and outermost of Mars' two moons, is roughly oval in shape and has a deep depression at its south pole. Unlike its heavily scarred sister moon, Phobos, Deimos is covered by a loose layer of dust and rubble—a so-called regolith layer—which gives it a smoother, dustier appearance. ...
• NASA's SkyFall Mars helicopters will feature a revolutionary antenna design
  2026-08-18
  From 2021 to 2024, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter became the first vehicle of its kind to explore the Martian atmosphere and surface. With that proof of concept complete, NASA is preparing to send a trio of helicopters to search for the most precious resource for future astronaut missions: water. Known as ...
• Ruby-forming mineral found by Mars rover hints at violent impacts
  2026-08-18
  So far, most of the minerals found on Mars tell a story of lava poured out by ancient volcanoes, followed by long stretches in which water trickled through and slowly reshaped the rock. However, some rocks scattered across the Martian surface seem to hint at a different geological history—carrying the ...
• Nuking an asteroid on short notice could save us
  2026-08-18
  Readers of a certain age will remember a golden era of asteroid films, capped by two with very different endings. "Deep Impact" drove home the devastating consequences of letting a large piece of rock hit our planet, whereas "Armageddon," though arguably the kitschier of the two films, was an uplifting ...
• What a dry meteorite tells us about water on Mars
  2026-08-13
  Detecting water where none remains today: Neutron and X-ray tomography make it possible. In an international study conducted with the participation of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, researchers have brought to light macroscopic hydrogen-rich regions inside a Martian meteorite. The findings provide evidence for early water-rock interactions on Mars.

• China is launching a moon mission to find water ice
  2026-08-21
  We've known for nearly two decades that some form of water exists on the moon. What we still don't know is exactly how much accessible water ice lies inside permanently shadowed craters, how deeply it is buried or what form it takes.
• Interworld Slingshot: Exploring a new way to find resources in space
  2026-08-19
  Before people can mine resources on the moon, asteroids or Mars, they need to answer a few key questions: What is there? How much is there? And where can it be found? A team led by SETI Institute research scientist Pablo Sobron is looking into a new way to answer ...
• Mars attacks: How much dust from the red planet is safe to breathe?
  2026-08-19
  NASA has released a report recommending an initial health standard for the Martian dust that astronauts could inhale during future missions. Although sending people to Mars is still years away, NASA needs to establish safety limits now. Spacecraft, spacesuits and crew habitats take years to design and test, and engineers ...
• NASA's LRO images Falcon 9 crater on moon, learns new details
  2026-08-19
  Between Aug. 11–12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the moon. The crater formed Aug. 5, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the surface following its Jan. 2025 launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission.
• NASA's SkyFall Mars helicopters will feature a revolutionary antenna design
  2026-08-18
  From 2021 to 2024, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter became the first vehicle of its kind to explore the Martian atmosphere and surface. With that proof of concept complete, NASA is preparing to send a trio of helicopters to search for the most precious resource for future astronaut missions: water. Known as ...

Science Daily

• A SpaceX rocket smashed into the Moon — NASA just revealed the crater
  2026-08-20
  A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 stage crashed into the Moon on Aug. 5, leaving behind a newly formed crater about 60 feet wide. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured detailed images showing bright and dark streaks of debris blasted across the surrounding surface. The impact even exposed fresh material buried beneath ...
• Meteorite that smashed through a New Jersey roof reveals clues to life’s origins
  2026-08-08
  A rare meteorite that crashed through a New Jersey roof contains evidence of ancient salty fluids, organic compounds, and amino acids from a primitive asteroid. Its pristine chemistry could offer new clues about how space rocks helped supply early Earth with some of the ingredients needed for life.
• The key to colonizing Mars may be hidden inside asteroids
  2026-08-07
  Metal-rich asteroids could one day become hardware stores for Mars, supplying the materials needed to build and repair a growing colony. A new analysis shows that carefully selected asteroids may be reachable with current spacecraft technology. Some could even provide the ingredients for making rocket fuel in space, dramatically reducing ...
• A solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower arrive on the same day
  2026-08-05
  August brings four major celestial events, including a solar eclipse and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Dark New Moon skies could make the Perseids especially impressive, while Venus will blaze in the west after sunset. A deep partial lunar eclipse closes the month, darkening most of the Moon.

wired.com

• How and When to View the Perseid Meteor Shower (August 2026)
  2026-08-11
  The Perseids will peak between August 12 and 13. Here’s what time—and where—you can get the best view, and why 2026 will be an exceptional year.

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