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Surprise asteroid flies by Earth at only 250 miles away (video)
An asteroid, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Sept. 30 after surprising astronomers.
NASA pilot suits up to scan the Earth | Space photo of the day for Oct 3. 2025
As NASA's ER-2 aircraft takes flight over the American Southwest, the GEMx mission is using high-altitude hyperspectral imaging to uncover Earth's hidden mineral resources
'The metal detector has gone off': Perseverance rover's find is a shiny new clue in the search for life on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has found minerals that could have powered life on Mars — or simply shaped the Red Planet's environment in fascinating ways.
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.
China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth
China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft took a picture of itself, as well as the Earth, while en route to a mysterious asteroid that may tell us more about the moon's history.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will be eyed by Mars and Jupiter probes as it zooms past the sun this month
ESA is making use of spacecraft originally dedicated to its Mars and Jupiter missions to track comet 3I/ATLAS as it continues its journey through our solar system
Saturn's moon Enceladus is shooting out organic molecules that could help create life
The discovery strengthens the case for a new mission to orbit and land on Enceladus and search for evidence of life.
Nearly invisible asteroids around Venus could threaten Earth — but don't worry, not for a while
An unstable group of asteroids orbiting near Venus could threaten Earth — but not for a few thousand years
