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NASA spacecraft zooms by strange asteroid, beams back images
The images show a unique-looking asteroid, with a narrow neck connecting the object's two lobes. "These early images of ...
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NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far
The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid. It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in ...
Eye on infinity: NASA celebrates Hubble's 35th year in orbit
In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images ...
NASA’s Lucy Captures Ice Cream Cone–Shaped Asteroid That Defies Expectations
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has captured striking images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing it to be a contact binary with an ...
It’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming
Imagine setting out for a springtime stroll. Not here on Earth but on some distant planet — call it Novathis-458b — orbiting ...
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How would humanity respond if an asteroid headed for Earth? NASA answers
NASA-funded facilities take multiple images over time and use software to detect moving objects. These survey telescopes then send their measurements to the Minor Planet Center at Harvard ...
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On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down
Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.
A new comet appeared in the sky, then likely disintegrated. But it can still be seen
A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible.