Starlust on MSN
Unknown asteroid flew past Earth closer than a satellite—and we didn't spot it until hours later
Astronomers were slow at spotting a small giraffe-sized asteroid that zoomed past our planet on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, ...
Morning Overview on MSN
Scientists find a giant asteroid crater hiding in plain sight
A vast scar from a cosmic collision has been sitting in southern China, hiding in the landscape so effectively that people ...
A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...
A TikTok influencer claims that a doomsday prophet may have predicted the arrival of 3I/ATLAS in the Solar System.
This year, the internet has taken great interest in 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object ever detected, though also the third since 2017. (The overwhelming scientific consensus suggests ...
This action movie standby gets way more entertaining when you imagine it running on the same unreliable tech the rest of us ...
The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...
Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.
Boulder Daily Camera on MSN
Flashes on the moon: CU Boulder experts explain asteroid strikes and why they matter
“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...
At 900 meters, the giant crater in southern China is three times larger than the previous Holocene recorder holder.
New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.
Scientists have proposed a shocking new theory for the origin of the moon, and their calculations suggest Earth once had a ...
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