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Eddie Irizarry
Asteroid 2018 EB has a moon
Binary asteroids - that is, asteroids with moons - aren't uncommon. More than 300 have been discovered so far. Astronomers found a moon for 2018 EB when it swept closest to Earth on October 7.
October 17, 2018
Are asteroids hiding among the Taurids?
And, more to the point, are any asteroids that might be hidden in the Taurid meteor stream potentially hazardous to Earth?
October 15, 2018
MASCOT returns 1st image from asteroid Ryugu
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft deployed the MASCOT lander to asteroid Ryugu yesterday. Now, MASCOT has returned its 1st image. An international team of engineers and scientists in Germany is standing by.
October 3, 2018
Latest images via Japanese rovers on asteroid Ryugu
Japan's space agency JAXA released new images today from the rovers set down on the surface of asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft.
September 27, 2018
Best pics of the comet as it swept safely past
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner came closer to Earth this week than it had in 72 years. Favorite photos here, from the EarthSky community. Plus info on comet Wirtanen, which might become visible to the eye alone later this year.
September 11, 2018
Curiosity finds strange object on the surface of Mars
The Mars Curiosity rover captured images of this strange object on the planet's surface on August 13. What is it? NASA scientists have figured it out.
August 18, 2018
Asteroid 2017 YE5 turns out to be double
Asteroid 2017 YE5 swept by Earth in late June. Turns out, it’s a double asteroid, with both bodies almost identical in size and not touching - only the 4th such object ever detected.
July 14, 2018
Fragments found for small asteroid that exploded over Russia last week
The meteor was seen over Russia on June 21. Now scientists from Ural Federal University are reporting finding meteorite fragments from the event. Plus ... why are so many large meteors seen over Russia?
June 27, 2018
Small asteroid zipped through Earth’s atmosphere
The IAU confirmed that the asteroid originally designated ZLAF9B2 – now called 2018 LA – disintegrated at a height of 30 miles (50 km) over South Africa on June 2, 2018.
June 3, 2018
Very close asteroid encounter today
Asteroid 2010 WC9 will pass at about half the moon's distance, in one of the closest approaches ever observed of an asteroid of this size.
May 15, 2018
