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Scientific reports suggest a massive asteroid breakup 800 million years ago may have simultaneously impacted Earth, Mars, and the Moon.
Scientific analysis of nickel fingerprints has identified the dinosaur-extinguishing Chicxulub impactor as a rare 'oddball' meteorite.
A long-tracked near-Earth asteroid is officially reclassified as a 'dark comet' following the discovery of unexplained orbital shifts.
New mapping data confirms that the 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis will be visible to much of the global population during its 2029 flyby.
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft sets a trajectory toward Torifune, an 11-meter near-Earth asteroid.
The spacecraft Hera is receiving a remote software update as it travels to investigate the site of NASA's historic asteroid deflection mission.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has successfully utilized a Mars gravitational slingshot to accelerate toward its target metal-rich asteroid.
Chinese researchers propose a deep-subsurface nuclear detonation strategy to deflect large near-Earth asteroids.
Scientists and state-backed initiatives are exploring the use of nuclear detonations as a viable defense strategy against potential asteroid impacts.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 probe has returned images of a distinct, double-lobed asteroid located millions of miles from Earth.
China’s Tianwen-2 probe makes historic asteroid rendezvous, snapping first images of Earth’s ‘quasi moon’
Chinese spacecraft arrives at Earth's 'Quasi Moon'
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe completes historic asteroid flyby, marking a step toward planetary defense research
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has reached Kamo‘oalewa, a quasi-moon of Earth, to prepare for a landmark asteroid sample return mission.
Researchers have identified the oldest known asteroid impact on Earth, dating a site in the Australian outback to 3 billion years ago.
Recent scientific discourse links the history of asteroid impacts to the formation of early life and the delayed stabilization of Earth's first continents.