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Asteroid News
with Dana WhitfieldEight asteroids listed on NASA Sentry impact risk register for 4 November 2026
NASA/JPL CNEOS data published 4 November 2026 includes calculated impact probabilities for each near-Earth object.
Vera Rubin Observatory announces dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138Ingrid SolbergAsteroid 2026 QQ8 confirmed as Earth's temporary natural mini-moonDana WhitfieldVera C. Rubin Observatory discovers its first dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138Dana WhitfieldNASA confirms Swift space telescope will reenter Earth atmosphere uncontrolled within weeksDana WhitfieldStudy finds asteroids, not comets, likely delivered intact organic molecules to early EarthDana WhitfieldComets were an unlikely way to bring life's building blocks to Earth, simulations suggestIngrid SolbergMartian meteorite Teghaza 001 formed at least 4.1 billion years ago, NASA team findsIngrid SolbergAstronomers publish extended perihelion observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLASIngrid SolbergNations vote to establish official international lunar reference time scaleIngrid SolbergAstronomers discover unique double debris disk around white dwarf J1328−1450Ingrid SolbergNASA's second year-long Mars simulation ends on 31 OctoberDana WhitfieldSouth Korea plans at least one Nuri launch a year through 2032, with military satellites in 2031Ingrid SolbergA 10-metre asteroid on NASA's risk list returns on 12 DecemberDana WhitfieldNASA details NEO Surveyor, the asteroid hunter for objects in the Sun's glare, and the Habitable Worlds ObservatoryDana WhitfieldEuclid space telescope discovers its first new comet C/2026 S1Dana WhitfieldLivermore simulations test a nuclear option for disrupting a 160-metre asteroidIngrid SolbergNASA readies the Artemis III core stage for a fuelling testDana WhitfieldVera Rubin data reveals the largest ultra-fast spinning asteroid yet foundIngrid SolbergUAE sets March 2028 launch for its asteroid-belt mission as a new study sizes up asteroid strengthDana WhitfieldNASA awards $700 million contract to Blue Origin for Mars networkDana WhitfieldFrancis Halzen awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube observatory workIngrid SolbergJames Webb traces most distant fast radio burst to early universe galaxyDana WhitfieldNASA SSPICY mission to use Starfish Space craft for orbital object approach trialsDana WhitfieldNASA releases 800GB Artemis II lunar science dataset to public archiveIngrid SolbergSmall asteroid CERNQ52 hits atmosphere over Indian Ocean on 6 SeptemberDana WhitfieldESA Hera to conduct braking manoeuvre ahead of Didymos asteroid rendezvousIngrid SolbergHanwha Aerospace led 5th Nuri rocket mission which deployed all 15 payload satellitesDana Whitfield