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$5-billion asteroid Nereus flies by December 11
Asteroid Nereus will pass Earth at about 10 lunar distances on December 11, 2021. Scientists will study it. Its potential value is $5 billion in precious metals.
December 10, 2021
‘Mystery hut’ on the far side of the moon
China's Yutu 2 rover in the Von Kármán crater on the far side of the moon has spotted a roughly cube-shaped object on the horizon. What is Yutu 2's 'mystery hut'?
December 10, 2021
Asteroid impact monitoring system goes live
The asteroid impact monitoring system Sentry-II is analyzing near-Earth asteroids to look for ones that could intersect with Earth's orbit.
December 7, 2021
Arecibo data live on, provide new galaxy insights
Despite the collapse of the Arecibo radio telescope in 2020, astronomers are still using Arecibo data to make new insights into our universe.
December 5, 2021
False fossils on Mars might inhibit search for life
A new study from scientists in the UK says that false fossils on Mars could complicate the search for microbial life. They could be mistaken for real fossils.
December 5, 2021
Nearby habitable planets at Alpha Centauri?
A new custom-designed space telescope mission called TOLIMAN will search for nearby habitable planets in the closest star system to Earth, Alpha Centauri.
November 30, 2021
Hubble’s Grand Tour of the giant planets
NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. These annual observations are called Hubble's Grand Tour of the outer solar system.
November 29, 2021
DART mission will hit and move an asteroid
The DART mission is due to launch November 23-24, 2021. It'll head to the moonlet of asteroid Didymos, where it'll crash into and slightly push the moonlet.
November 24, 2021
Planet orbiting 2 stars discovered by TESS
NASA's TESS mission has just found its first planet orbiting 2 stars. It's a Jupiter-sized world that takes less than an Earth-year to complete one orbit.
November 21, 2021
Piece of the moon? Asteroid might have lunar origin
Astronomers at the University of Arizona say that a peculiar near-Earth asteroid may actually be a lost piece of the moon that broke off in the ancient past.
November 18, 2021
