In October 2023, NASA launched a mission toward 16 Psyche, a massive gold and metal-rich asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Estimated to hold precious metals worth around $100,000 quadrillion ...

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NASA’s Psyche mission, which aims to explore the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, has hit a snag on its journey. As reported in a NASA blog post from April 29, 2025, the spacecraft has encountered issues ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

When Joel Sercel thinks about the promise of extracting valuable resources from asteroids for use in space, he recalls other world-changing technologies that exploded when the time and circumstances ...

Another asteroid zoomed near Earth's vicinity the next day. An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, zoomed over ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The near-Earth asteroid 2025 TF (red crosshairs) came about as close to Earth as the ...

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A newly discovered asteroid just whizzed past Earth, marking the second-closest asteroid flyby on record, astronomers say. The asteroid flew over Antarctica just before 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 30, about ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 TF (red crosshairs) came about as close to Earth as the International Space Station on Wednesday (Oct. 1), evading detection until hours later. (Image credit: ESA / Las ...

An asteroid was spotted whizzing past Earth last week in the second closest approach to the planet ever recorded, according to authorities. Asteroid 2025 TF soared over Antarctica just before 9 p.m.

On Oct. 1, 2025, the small asteroid known as 2025 TF whizzed past Earth at a distance of only 266 miles (428 kilometers) from our planet — roughly the same altitude as the International Space Station.