Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids

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In the last 8 hours

‘Dark comet’ unmasked by its mysterious motions Nature.com01:39

Yesterday

Chemistry reveals the origins of an interstellar comet Knowridge Science Report19:03 14-Jul-26

Two Asteroids Named After Uzbek Astronomers The Times of Central Asia14:45 14-Jul-26

Yes, Halley’s Comet Really Appears In The Bayeux Tapestry… Just At The Wrong Moment IFLScience14:22 14-Jul-26

Hera mission will arrive at asteroid impact site in November EarthSky11:07 14-Jul-26

Amateur astronomer saw a pit in Quebec on Google Maps. It turned out to be a… CBC.ca11:07 14-Jul-26

The Perseid meteor shower is here! A professional astronomer reveals their top tips for seeing a shooting star BBC Sky at Night Magazine09:25 14-Jul-26

This is the Week for Spotting Comet 10P/Tempel 2 for Oregon, Washington - But With Optics Oregon Coast Beach Connection04:28 14-Jul-26

Spacex Falcon 9 Explosion: Cause unknown, NASA asteroid mission yet on track The Financial Express01:39 14-Jul-26

In the last 7 days

How You Could See a Comet This Week TIME23:57 13-Jul-26

Scientists Say Some Ejected Comets Could Return to Our Solar System VICE Canada13:39 13-Jul-26

Brin identifies bright flash over Java as meteor Antara News12:03 13-Jul-26

Perseid Meteor Shower Returns This Week Under An ‘Earthshine’ Moon Forbes05:10 13-Jul-26

One of the Best Meteor Showers of the Year Is About to Begin—and It Can Be Seen Across the U.S. With Up to 100 Meteors… Travel & Leisure Magazine14:15 12-Jul-26

Nasa knows how to deflect an asteroid. Can Japan’s Hayabusa2 pull it off? South China Morning Post05:02 12-Jul-26

Renaissance Painting May Show Animal Behavior Only Recently "Discovered", A 10-Kilometer Comet Is About To Make A… IFLScience15:25 11-Jul-26

Asteroid Apophis' 2029 flyby of Earth will be visible to billions of people The Weather Network11:42 11-Jul-26

Scientists Have a New Plan for Nuking Asteroids, and It Involves Space Drills Vice (US)08:07 11-Jul-26

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 11-17, 2026 American Meteor Society22:32 10-Jul-26

Scientists Say We May Need to Nuke Asteroids—But Not How You Think ZME Science20:39 10-Jul-26

SwRI Study Found Primordial Mini-moons May Explain Meteorite Composition Astrobiology Web17:40 10-Jul-26

The Year’s Best Meteor Shower Is Almost Here—Here’s When to Look Up Martha Stewart16:05 10-Jul-26

Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt presents latest research at ACM conference SatellitePro ME11:42 10-Jul-26

‘Dark’ comets sprouting tails could help solve interstellar mysteries Scientific American10:50 10-Jul-26

The Solar System Has Ejected Most Of Its Comets. Some Might Be Coming Back IFLScience03:18 10-Jul-26

Hectic Mini-Moon Collisions in the Early Solar System Produced the Grains Packed Inside Meteorites Discover Magazine00:20 10-Jul-26

Look Up Next Week: A Rare Comet and the Milky Way Will Both Be Visible in the Night Sky Martha Stewart19:33 9-Jul-26

Perseids 2024 | How to see this month's meteor shower BBC Sky at Night Magazine14:14 9-Jul-26

China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids Space.com13:01 9-Jul-26

Ancient interstellar comet gives us a rare look at the universe’s youth Knowridge Science Report01:51 9-Jul-26

New Images Reveal That This Asteroid Is Actually Two Conjoined Space Rocks That Form a… Smithsonian Magazine22:42 8-Jul-26

Hayabusa-2 Snaps Stunning Close-Up Images of Asteroid Torifune during Flyby Sci.News20:55 8-Jul-26

A 13,000-Year-Old Comet Catastrophe May Be Depicted In The World's Oldest Temple At Göbekli Tepe IFLScience16:49 8-Jul-26

Did a Passing Star Shower Us with Comets? Sky & Telescope15:28 8-Jul-26

Deep space software upgrade for Hera’s asteroid visit ESA13:51 8-Jul-26

A 10-Kilometer Comet Discovered In 1873 Is About To Make Its Best Return In Decades IFLScience13:23 8-Jul-26

Japan and China just flew past asteroids. Here's what they saw. Mashable10:15 8-Jul-26

In the last month

Hayabusa2’s flyby of asteroid Torifune Planetary Society21:47 7-Jul-26

China's Asteroid Defense System Is Gearing Up To Deflect Its First Target BGR20:53 7-Jul-26

2 asteroid flybys yield new closeup images EarthSky15:58 7-Jul-26

Hayabusa 2 Completes Flyby Past Asteroid Torifune Sky & Telescope14:40 7-Jul-26

Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth Space.com14:03 7-Jul-26

Spectacular meteor shower to light up South Africa’s skies this July The South African11:55 7-Jul-26

Mysterious interstellar comet 3I/Atlas could be three times older than Earth, study reveals MailOnline11:18 7-Jul-26

Japan releases snowman-like asteroid image after flyby GMA News11:14 7-Jul-26

From meteorites to Monets Aspen Daily News, Colorado10:21 7-Jul-26

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Likely Originated in Outskirts of Ancient Planetary System Sci.News21:57 6-Jul-26

More clues surface about the origins of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas Space.com21:28 6-Jul-26

We Just Got a Clear Photo of a Two-Headed Asteroid 62 Million Miles From Earth PetaPixel21:12 6-Jul-26

Scientists Trace Tiny Molten Globs of Meteorite to a 'Missing' Asteroid ScienceAlert21:08 6-Jul-26

Nebulae, Comets, and Aurorae, Oh My! See the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Shortlist Colossal21:04 6-Jul-26

China's asteroid hunter closes in on target after 400-day trip, though size is a surprise South China Morning Post17:47 6-Jul-26

Comet 3I/ATLAS is older than the sun Popular Science17:08 6-Jul-26

There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend Ars Technica16:21 6-Jul-26

JAXA Releases Photo of Asteroid Torifune Taken by Hayabusa2 Jiji Press15:59 6-Jul-26

Look: Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Just Had a Close Encounter with the Mysterious Asteroid ‘Torifune’ The Debrief15:58 6-Jul-26

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away Space.com15:32 6-Jul-26

China Asteroid Probe Reaches Target Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)15:03 6-Jul-26

Rare meteorite came from giant early planet, CU Boulder study suggests Boulder Daily Camera, Colorado13:30 6-Jul-26

Breakthrough at comet 3I/ATLAS. Scientists say they can pin down what the interstellar comet's birthplace was like BBC Sky at Night Magazine12:42 6-Jul-26

China Focus: China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches target asteroid, starts scientific exploration Xinhua Agency12:09 6-Jul-26

'Once-in-a-millennium' asteroid flyby will be visible to much of the world in 2029 Space.com11:07 6-Jul-26

Hayabusa 2 probe flies by Torifune asteroid on long mission Asahi Shimbun10:44 6-Jul-26

Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo’oalewa, first image revealed SpaceNews10:17 6-Jul-26

Older than the Sun: Astronomers find new clues to the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS The European Southern Observatory10:09 6-Jul-26

China's Tianwen-2 reaches asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, starting scientific exploration after 1 bln kilometers journey Global Times07:51 6-Jul-26

Chinese space probe reaches asteroid for first sample collection Channel NewsAsia07:12 6-Jul-26

Tianwen-2 probe reaches target asteroid RTHK06:11 6-Jul-26

China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches asteroid 2016 HO3, begins exploration CGTN04:03 6-Jul-26

First look: Tianwen-2 reaches asteroid 2016 HO3 after 1bn-km trip CGTN03:02 6-Jul-26

China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches target asteroid, starts scientific exploration Xinhua Agency02:48 6-Jul-26

Choosing your first entry-level EV: Tata’s new Tiago EV and Mg’s Comet EV? The Financial Express01:32 6-Jul-26

Japanese space probe made a record close flyby of an asteroid UNN.ua23:40 5-Jul-26

Multi-year Ground-Based Survey Photometry of Active Comet 103P/Hartley 2 and Centaur (2060) Chiron: A Tale of Two… Astrobiology Web18:58 5-Jul-26

Japan's Hayabusa2 Successfully Observes Asteroid Torifune Jiji Press14:11 5-Jul-26

Japan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defence The Peninsula13:06 5-Jul-26

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 4-10, 2026 American Meteor Society19:46 4-Jul-26

China Plans to Establish Asteroid Defense System Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)13:42 4-Jul-26

Some night sky sights to spot this week and the latest on an asteroid study South Wales Argus06:10 4-Jul-26

Geochemical composition of Chandrayaan-3 landing site closely resembles meteorite discovered in Antarctica The Hindu03:28 4-Jul-26

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