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The mile-wide June 27 asteroid will be bright enough to spot in a backyard telescope

Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 will fly within 0.017 au of Earth on June 27, 2026, brightening to 10th magnitude and putting it ...

NASA’s Lucy Uncovers Ancient Water Clues on a Weirdly Wobbling Asteroid

NASA's Lucy spacecraft revealed that a bizarre wobbling, peanut-shaped asteroid holds surprising clues about ancient water ...
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The asteroid Donaldjohanson was reshaped by a violent collision long before humans existed

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, passing within roughly 2,700 km and ...
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Earth’s ‘moonlet,’ a tiny asteroid, estimated to stick around until 2083, astronomers say

It’s been called a moonlet. Sister moon. You could even call it a moon “buddy,” a companion or quasi-satellite, if you will, to our steady lunar neighbor. Astronomers say a tiny asteroid, called 2025 ...
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Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly 200-foot space rock could hit just before Christmas of 2032, ...