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The night sky often offers a sense of tranquillity, but occasionally, celestial visitors remind us of the dynamic universe we inhabit. One such visitor, asteroid 2025 PM2, is currently on a trajectory near Earth, capturing the attention of scientists, astronomers, and space enthusiasts alike. Measuring approximately 190 feet (58 metres) in diameter and travelling at nearly 41,390 miles per hour, …

Europe’s most advanced interplanetary space probe lost contact with Earth for nearly a full day leading up to a crucial flyby of Venus that will occur on Sunday (Aug. 31). The European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE spacecraft launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in April 2023. The probe is bound for the Jupiter system, where it will …

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during a close flyby of Mars earlier this year, proving that the probe is ready for its main mission: peering beneath the frozen crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa to search for signs of subsurface liquid water and possibly even determine if those oceans have the ingredients to form and sustain …

On July 30, 2025, asteroid 2025 OL1—measuring roughly the size of a small aircraft—will pass Earth at a distance of 1.29 million kilometers. This event, closely tracked by NASA and international space agencies, highlights ongoing efforts to monitor near-Earth objects and refine planetary defense strategies. A Speedy Visitor—But Not a Threat Asteroid 2025 OL1 measures about 110 feet across, roughly …

Earth is about to witness a close celestial visitor as asteroid 2025 OL1 approaches our planet. Roughly the size of a small aircraft, measuring about 110 feet in diameter, this space rock will make its closest pass on July 30, 2025. Travelling at an impressive speed of 16,904 miles per hour, it will safely skim past Earth at a distance …

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we’re finally getting a look at some of the images it captured. The space agency released a timelapse of observations made using Parker’s Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe (WISPR) while it passed through the sun’s corona (the outer atmosphere) on December 25, 2024, revealing …