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Small asteroid dropped meteorites on France
A small asteroid safely crashed into Earth's atmosphere over France on February 13, 2023. It left meteorites on the ground that people have started to find.
February 15, 2023
Pale Blue Dot 33 years later: Earth in a sunbeam
February 14, 2023, is the 33rd anniversary of the Voyager 1 image of Earth. Voyager was near Saturn when it took this image, now known as the Pale Blue Dot.
February 14, 2023
Asteroid will pass Earth safely on February 15-16
A 1/2 mile wide (1 km wide) asteroid will pass Earth safely on February 15 and 16, 2023. Observers with telescopes can spot it. See star charts here.
February 14, 2023
It’s spoke season on Saturn!
Spoke season on Saturn comes in cycles centered on Saturn's equinoxes, which happen only about every 15 years. It's happening now!
February 13, 2023
Saturn’s moon Mimas might have an ocean
A new study suggests that Saturn's moon Mimas may have a subsurface ocean. If so, the "Death Star" moon would join other ocean moons in the outer solar system.
February 12, 2023
Dwarf planet Quaoar has a ring!
Scientists discovered that the dwarf planet Quaoar has a ring! It's far enough away from Quaoar that scientists would have expected it to form into a moon.
February 10, 2023
A new space junk catalog for moon missions
With more moon missions in the works, scientists are creating a space junk catalog to track debris between Earth and the moon.
February 9, 2023
Great Meteor Procession 110 years ago
On February 9, 1913, lucky observers witnessed the Great Meteor Procession. Bright meteors soared horizontally across the sky for minutes at a time.
February 9, 2023
Is a space junk disaster inevitable? Another close call
Two large pieces of Soviet-era space debris narrowly missed colliding in a space junk disaster on January 2023. Is a collision inevitable?
February 8, 2023
Smallest main-belt asteroid yet, for Webb
The Webb space telescope has detected a new 100-200-meter asteroid. It's roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum and is Webb's smallest main-belt asteroid yet.
February 7, 2023
