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A house-sized asteroid slipped past Earth closer than the moon

An asteroid roughly the size of a house slipped past Earth on May 18, 2026, passing well inside the orbit of the Moon. The ...
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A new observatory spotted 11,000 asteroids in weeks, including 33 near-Earth objects

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has cataloged more than 11,000 new asteroids during its first weeks of pre-survey ...

China eyes first kinetic impact test for asteroid defense, targeting smaller and less predictable asteroids than NASA’s DART

China is studying an on-orbit kinetic impact test mission for planetary defense that would target a small near-Earth asteroid ...
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Debris from an Earth-bound asteroid may still be a problem – if it hits the Moon

Debris from an Earth-bound asteroid may still be a problem – if it hits the Moon Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles, and boom: ...
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Asteroid Found 8 Days Ago Passes Earth at 57,000 Miles Today — Watch the Free Livestream Now

A basketball-court-sized asteroid discovered just eight days ago is making one of the closest flybys ever recorded for an object of its class today, May 18, passing within 57,000 miles (91,000 ...
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Dark Comet Disguised as Asteroid Derailed 27 Years of Planetary Defense Math

This artist’s concept depicts a near-Earth asteroid with an elongated orbit. A few objects such as these can exhibit significant perturbations in their motion around the Sun and could turn out to be ...