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OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft completes Earth flyby on its journey to explore Apophis
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft has completed a precisely targeted Earth flyby, using the planet's gravity to bend its trajectory toward a close encounter with the near-Earth asteroid Apophis in 2029. During the Sept. 23 flyby, the spacecraft passed about 3,438km above Earth while collecting a rich set of images and measurements to calibrate its science instruments ahead of the asteroid campaign ... read more |
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Lunar impactor Theia originated near Earth and Sun analysis revealsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 21, 2025 A new study published in Science has traced the origin of Theia, the body that collided with Earth around 4.5 billion years ago and triggered the creation of the Moon. Led by the Max Planck Institut ... more 
40 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!Paris, France (ESA) Nov 21, 2025 Astronomers recently discovered the 40 000th near-Earth asteroid! These space rocks range from a few metres to a few kilometres in size and are on orbits that bring them relatively close to Earth. E ... more 
ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS's path with data from MarsParis, France (ESA) Nov 14, 2025 Since comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, was discovered on 1 July 2025, astronomers worldwide have worked to predict its trajectory. ESA has now improved the comet's predicted loca ... more 
Largest modern crater identified in Chinas Holocene geologyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 A scientific team in China has confirmed the discovery of the Jinlin crater in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. This impact structure, which has been preserved in a thick granite weathering crust, prov ... more |
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Gaia data uncovers hidden link between asteroid collisions and chaotic spin statesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Whether an asteroid spins smoothly or tumbles chaotically depends on how often it has collided with other objects, according to new findings presented at the EPSC-DPS2025 Joint Meeting in Helsinki. ... more 
China's Tianwen 2 probe marks halfway milestone en route to asteroid targetBeijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2025 China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft has reached the halfway point of its journey to near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 after more than four months in interplanetary flight, according to the China National Space ... more
Water once persisted on Ryugu parent asteroid long after formationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 A research team led by the University of Tokyo has discovered that liquid water flowed on the ancient parent body of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu more than a billion years after its birth. The finding, ... more 
Asteroid rotation patterns reveal new insights into their interiorsHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Whether an asteroid spins smoothly or tumbles chaotically has now been linked to its history of collisions, according to new findings from ESA's Gaia mission presented at the EPSC-DPS2025 Joint Meet ... more 
Western researchers support international collaboration for planetary defenceLondon, Canada (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 A large international collaboration of nearly 100 researchers, led by Western adjunct professor Auriane Egal, has completed the first-ever comprehensive study of an asteroid tracked from space throu ... more |
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Asteroid strike confirmed as cause of Silverpit Crater in North Sea
London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the southern North Sea, was created by a hypervelocity impact about 43 to 46 million years ago. The findings resolve a long-running scientific debate over the crater's origins. A team led by Dr Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, combined seismic imaging, microscopic rock analysis and numerical modelling to prove the crater's impact origin. Silverpit, discovered in 2002 ... read more 
Invisible asteroids near Venus may pose long-term danger to EarthSao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 An international team led by Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) has uncovered a population of asteroids that may threaten Earth but remain effectively hidden from current surveys. These objects, whi ... more |
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Traces of life detected in Finnish crater shed light on origins of life on EarthLondon, Canada (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 An international team of scientists, including Western University's Gordon Osinski, has for the first time dated the emergence of microorganisms inside a meteorite crater, demonstrating that life de ... more
Asteroid target for Hayabusa2 found to be smaller and faster than expectedParis, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and other facilities worldwide have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the final target of Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, is s ... more 
Cosmic glass in Australia reveals traces of massive asteroid strikeSydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 Curtin University scientists have identified evidence of a giant asteroid impact hidden in tiny fragments of natural glass, known as tektites, found only in Australia. Tektites form when a spa ... more 
Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact siteParis (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information about how these space rocks disintegrate. ... more
Finding safe impact zones to deflect hazardous asteroidsParis, France (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 Selecting the point of impact for a kinetic deflection mission is not trivial, according to research unveiled at the EPSC-DPS2025 Joint Meeting in Helsinki. Striking the wrong location could nudge a ... more |
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