The ‘small wonders’ unlocking secrets of the solar system

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...
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Bus-Size Asteroid Flew Closer Than The Moon - Watch The Orbit Animation

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

We took a test-drive of NASA's new moon rover candidates

A retro-futuristic space truck. A nimble crustacean on wheels. A space-age dune buggy. One will win a multibillion-dollar prize to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. But first, we took a ride on ...

3I ATLAS, third interstellar object to enter solar system, million times bigger than previous two interstellar objects; how big are 1I/`Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov

Harvard scientist Avi Loeb highlights anomalies with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, noting its significantly larger nucleus and faster speed compared to previous objects like 'Oumuamua and Borisov. Loeb ...