Asteroids, Comets and Meteors News
October 9, 2025
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Oct. 6, 2025 ESA has inaugurated a powerful new 35-meter deep space antenna at its New Norcia site in Western Australia, marking a major boost to Europe’s ability to communicate with spacecraft exploring the ...
Sep. 15, 2025 The booming space industry has filled the skies with rockets and satellites, but this rapid expansion comes with a hidden danger: slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. Rocket launches and burning space debris release chlorine, soot, and metals ...
Sep. 9, 2025 Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from NASA’s DART mission, researchers are developing ...
Aug. 22, 2025 Astronomers using AI have captured a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event: a massive star’s violent death triggered by its black hole companion. The explosion, known as SN 2023zkd, not only produced a brilliant supernova but also shocked scientists by ...
Aug. 18, 2025 NASA and ISRO s NISAR satellite has just reached a major milestone: the successful deployment of its enormous 39-foot antenna reflector in orbit. Folded up like an umbrella during launch, the reflector is now fully extended and ready to support ...
July 27, 2025 Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades because researchers only adjusted rover weight to ...
July 2, 2025 UF engineers, backed by DARPA and NASA, are perfecting laser-forming techniques that let metal sheets fold themselves into giant solar arrays, antennas, and even space-station parts right in ...
June 27, 2025 The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area of the full moon in one shot. Over the next ten years, this cosmic giant will scan the southern sky in ultra-HD, helping ...
June 25, 2025 Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and bacteria to grow building materials directly from Martian soil, completely autonomously and without human ...
June 5, 2025 Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that would ...
June 3, 2025 Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this ...
May 30, 2025 The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new ...
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Oct. 9, 2025 Asteroid 2025 TF zipped past Earth above Antarctica, coming within 428 km of the surface. Roughly the size of a small car, it was detected hours after the flyby and posed no danger. ESA astronomers ...
Oct. 8, 2025 By combining Gaia’s massive asteroid dataset with AI modeling, scientists discovered that asteroid rotation depends on how often they’ve been ...
Oct. 7, 2025 Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones. The image also reveals traces of ancient supernovae still glowing faintly ...
Oct. 6, 2025 October’s night sky is set to dazzle, featuring a radiant supermoon, the fiery Draconid meteor shower, and the sparkling Orionids. As the full moon reaches its largest and brightest on October 6, ...
Oct. 3, 2025 Astronomers have uncovered a runaway feeding frenzy in a rogue planet drifting freely through space, devouring six billion tonnes of gas and dust every second. Located 620 light-years away in the ...
Oct. 3, 2025 New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is not uniform. Researchers suggest fewer heat-producing elements on the ...
Oct. 1, 2025 The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles. Its results not only narrow the possibilities for dark matter but also open ...
Oct. 1, 2025 Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals. The presence of iron-phosphate and iron-sulfide nodules suggests processes ...
Sep. 29, 2025 Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...
Sep. 29, 2025 A fresh black hole merger detection has offered the clearest evidence yet for Einstein’s relativity and Hawking’s predictions. Scientists tracked the complete cosmic collision, confirming that ...
Earlier Headlines
Sep. 23, 2025 NASA has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates who will train for missions to the Moon and Mars. Their selection represents a powerful blend of talent and ambition, fueling humanity’s next great leaps ...
Sep. 18, 2025 Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly alkaline ones. Perseverance’s discoveries guide future sampling and ...
Sep. 17, 2025 Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star, offering the clearest evidence yet that icy, life-delivering ...
Sep. 14, 2025 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery ...
Sep. 14, 2025 Billions of years ago, Mars may not have been the frozen desert we see today. New simulations suggest that volcanic eruptions pumped out reactive sulfur gases, creating greenhouse effects strong ...
Sep. 21, 2025 In Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation, Perseverance has found rocks rich in organic molecules and minerals linked to microbial metabolism. Their arrangement hints at redox reactions that ...
Sep. 16, 2025 NASA’s Perseverance rover has delivered its most compelling clue yet in the search for life on Mars. A rock sample called “Sapphire Canyon,” taken from the Bright Angel formation in Jezero ...
Sep. 12, 2025 For centuries, scientists have puzzled over globular clusters, the dense star systems that orbit galaxies without dark matter. Using ultra-detailed simulations, researchers recreated their origins ...
Sep. 12, 2025 Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With Perseverance’s samples and AI-refined mineral maps, scientists are closing ...
Sep. 12, 2025 Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever-clearer signals, researchers are testing Einstein’s relativity and ...
Sep. 11, 2025 Astronomers have uncovered the violent secret of V Sagittae, a white dwarf star consuming its companion in a spectacular feeding frenzy. This cosmic dance not only makes the system burn with unusual ...
Sep. 10, 2025 Astronomers studying an oddball brown dwarf called “The Accident” have finally spotted silane, a long-predicted silicon molecule missing from Jupiter and Saturn’s skies. Its ancient, ...
Sep. 10, 2025 NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered mudstones in Mars’ Jezero Crater that contain organic carbon and unusual textures hinting at possible biosignatures. These findings suggest that ancient ...
Sep. 6, 2025 Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...
Sep. 3, 2025 Solar Orbiter has identified the Sun’s dual “engines” for superfast electrons: explosive flares and sweeping coronal mass ejections. By catching over 300 events close to their origin, the ...
Sep. 3, 2025 Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding ...
Aug. 31, 2025 Astronomers have taken a fresh look at the famous “Hand of God” pulsar, combining X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra Observatory with new radio observations from the Australia Telescope Compact ...
Aug. 31, 2025 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a planet-forming disk shockingly rich in carbon dioxide but nearly devoid of water, upending traditional theories of planetary ...
Aug. 31, 2025 Mars isn’t the neatly layered world we once imagined — its mantle is filled with ancient, jagged fragments left over from colossal impacts billions of years ago. Seismic data from NASA’s ...
Aug. 28, 2025 James Webb has revealed that the Butterfly Nebula hides a complex mix of gemstone-like crystals, fiery dust, and unexpected carbon molecules. The discovery may rewrite how we understand the chemistry ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Sunday, September 14, 2025
- NASA's Webb Space Telescope Just Found Strange Red Dots That Shouldn’t Exist
- Was Mars Once Warm, Wet, and Ready for Life
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
- Hidden Star Systems in the Milky Way Could Unlock the Secrets of Dark Matter
- NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds Clues to Ancient Mars Chemistry and Possible Life
- Black Holes Just Proved Stephen Hawking Right With the Clearest Signal Yet
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- NASA’s Celestial “Accident” Unlocks Secrets of Jupiter and Saturn
- Life on Mars? NASA Discovers Potential Biosignatures in Martian Mudstones
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- The Sun’s Hidden Particle Engines Finally Exposed
- A Weirdly Shaped Telescope Could Finally Find Earth 2. 0
Sunday, August 31, 2025
- NASA’s X-Ray Telescope Finds Bizarre Features in a Cosmic Hand
- Astronomers Stunned as James Webb Finds a Planet Nursery Flooded With Carbon Dioxide
- Scientists Uncover Hidden Shards of Mars’ Violent Birth, Frozen for Billions of Years
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Monday, September 8, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- NASA’s SPHEREx Captures Comet 3I/ATLAS, a Visitor From Beyond the Solar System
- NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Monday, September 1, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025
- Are We Accidentally Broadcasting Our Location to Alien Civilizations?
- These Asteroids Share a Strange Fingerprint from Billions of Years Ago
Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Astronomers Stunned by the Strangest Supernova Ever Seen
- Voyager Missed It, but James Webb Just Found Uranus’ Hidden Moon
- Ancient Solar System Crash May Explain Bennu and Ryugu’s Origin
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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Thursday, August 14, 2025
Sunday, August 31, 2025
- NASA’s Webb Telescope Just Found 300 Galaxies That Defy Explanation
- Scientists Stunned by the Universe’s First Known Black Hole
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Sunday, August 3, 2025
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Sunday, July 20, 2025
- Mysterious Object Found Dancing With Neptune
- Astronomers Just Witnessed Planets Being Born Around a Baby Star 1300 Light-Years Away
- NASA’s IXPE Tracked a Rare Pulsar—and Found an Unexpected Power Source
- A Strange Fossil at the Edge of the Solar System Just Shook Up Planet Nine Theories
Friday, August 29, 2025
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Sunday, July 13, 2025
- 100 Ghost Galaxies May Be Orbiting the Milky Way—and We’re Just Now Uncovering Them
- These Mysterious Stars Could Glow Forever Using Dark Matter
Friday, July 11, 2025
- NASA Probe Flies Into the Sun and Captures the Origins of Solar Storms
- This Tiny Rice Plant Could Feed the First Lunar Colony
Sunday, July 13, 2025
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Monday, August 18, 2025
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- 'Raindrops in the Sun's Corona': New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of Our Star's Atmosphere
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Friday, May 23, 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Astronomers Observe Largest Ever Sample of Galaxies Up to Over 12 Billion Light Years Away
- Streaked Slopes on Mars Probably Not Signs of Water Flow, Study Finds
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Friday, May 2, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
- New Research Shatters Long-Held Beliefs About Asteroid Vesta
- Billion-Year-Old Impact in Scotland Sparks Questions About Life on Land
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Evidence Blasted Into Space: Mystery Why Some Meteorites Look Less Shocked Solved
- Scientists Use James Webb Space Telescope to Better Understand Solar System's Origins
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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Friday, April 18, 2025
- Scientists Probe the Mystery of Titan's Missing Deltas
- Volcanic History and Clues to Ancient Life on Mars
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Ever Wonder Why Some Meteor Showers Are So Unpredictable?
- Crystal Clues on Mars Point to Watery and Possibly Life-Supporting Past
- Scientists Find Evidence That Overturns Theories of the Origin of Water on Earth
Monday, April 14, 2025
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life, but Only a Tiny Amount, Study Finds
- What If We Find Nothing in Our Search for Life Beyond Earth?