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                        NASA’s drastic plan: Nuclear bombs could be used to stop ‘City-Killer’ asteroid headed for the moon
                        30 Oct 2025 07:25 GMT
                        
                           …  for Asteroid 2024 YR4
                          A study by arXiv, titled Space Mission Options …  for Reconnaissance and Mitigation of Asteroid 2024 YR4 …  assessed mission pathways incorporating kinetic …
                         
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                        Is 3I/ATLAS more than a comet? This rare interstellar visitor might become Earth’s silent protector from asteroid threats
                        30 Oct 2025 05:55 GMT
                         …  aim to use this mission to refine techniques for  … both NASA and the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) have  … to prioritise its asteroid and comet monitoring missions. These programmes ensure …  have been detected, but missions like the 3I… 
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                        What Is The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System? Earth Defenses On Alert As 3i Atlas Comet Might 'Hit' Earth
                        29 Oct 2025 08:23 GMT
                         … , NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert  … that end, the International Asteroid Warning Network will run  … , bolstering the broader International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN). This …  ExoMars and Mars Express missions have already captured spectra, … 
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                        China’s Chang’e 6 Mission Found Rare Meteorite Fragments on Moon
                        28 Oct 2025 20:28 GMT
                        
                           …  China’s Chang’e-6 mission and returned to Earth in …  water.
                          “The Chang’e-6 mission has a list of major … , a free daily newsletter]
                          Most missions that have returned rocks from …  to determine whether their parent asteroid created the South Pole–Aitken …
                         
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                        Registration open for Nov. 11 Westwood Lecture on the effects of space weathering: insights from asteroid Bennu
                        28 Oct 2025 12:55 GMT
                        
                           … from Asteroid Bennu Returned by the NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission”  … from Asteroid Bennu Returned by the NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission”
                           …  OSIRIS-REx mission, which returned samples from asteroid Bennu to  …  for future sample return missions targeting bodies across the …
                         
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                        Many Asteroid Rotations Are Chaotic. A New Model Helps Explain Them.
                        28 Oct 2025 12:16 GMT
                         …  Gaia, the galaxy mapping mission launched by ESA. As  … wasn’t explained by current asteroid rotation models either. Neither … and rotational pattern of the asteroid essentially cancel it out? … up discovering a potentially dangerous asteroid. The paper also noted … 
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                        Beyond the Moon: A closer look at Earth’s quiet asteroid companions
                        28 Oct 2025 05:34 GMT
                         … inner section of this secondary asteroid belt. The precision of …  prepare for possible future missions to study or even  … reach with spacecraft. Future missions could use them as stepping …  | Scientists spot dangerous ‘twilight asteroid’ hiding in the sun’s … 
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                        Scientists spot dangerous ‘twilight asteroid’ hiding in the sun’s blinding light
                        27 Oct 2025 17:10 GMT
                        Astronomers have discovered a new asteroid, 2025 SC79, that races  … it the second-fastest orbiting asteroid ever observed. Found by  …  objects. What makes this asteroid special is its extremely short … pose hazards to Earth.Future missions are expected to use  … 
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                        10 Creature Features That Are Amazing From Start to Finish
                        30 Oct 2025 01:36 GMT
                         …  predators after chemicals from an asteroid mission contaminated Earth. Having spent the … 
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                        China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite
                        27 Oct 2025 12:08 GMT
                         … revealing the payload for the mission as the Gaofen-14 (02 … 4 lunar lander and rover missions into translunar injection, as well … the Tianwen-2 near-Earth asteroid mission into heliocentric orbit in May … . The Shenzhou-21 crewed mission is scheduled to launch at …