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Asteroid Impact Aftermath Time-Lapse - NASA DART

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

2 Spooky Flashes Lit Up the Moon. Here’s What Made Them.

The first flash, on Thursday, emerged just east of the 70-mile-wide Gassendi Crater. The second appeared west of Oceanus ...
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Time-Lapse Orbit Animation Of OSIRIS-APEX's Epic Journey To Asteroid Apophis

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
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Scientists reveal new study showing that our asteroid belt is slowly disappearing over time

A new study reveals that the asteroid belt is slowly disappearing, offering insights into its long-term fate and what this means for our solar system.
KTLA

How NASA found a ‘city killer’ asteroid’s new potential target: the moon

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer ...
Nanowerk

Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years

Three publications by the UA-led OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team reveal the asteroid's composition and history in unprecedented detail. (Nanowerk News) Asteroid Bennu — the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...
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How to Watch an Asteroid Fly Uncomfortably Close to Earth on Wednesday

An asteroid the size of a commercial airplane will skim past our planet on Wednesday, September 3. Asteroid 2025 QD8 has no chance of hitting Earth, but its brief proximity will allow scientists (and ...