Asteroids, Comets & Meteoroids

Year’s strongest meteor shower peaks: When to see the Geminids at their best Forbes19:22Geminids Meteor Shower Shootings

Geminid meteor shower 2023: A spectacular celestial show is forecast with no moon this year Severe Weather Europe18:53Geminids Meteor Shower Shootings

Asteroid will pass in front of bright star, produce rare eclipse Khabarhub02:45Betelgeuse Astronomy Space Exploration

Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce rare eclipse visible to millions NTD News10:41Betelgeuse Astronomy Space Exploration

Halley's Comet: this weekend marks famed comet's aphelion - when was it first discovered? National World02:01Halley Space Exploration Astronomy

Halley’s comet is about to begin its 38-year-long journey back to Earth IFLScience07:12Halley Space Exploration Astronomy

NASA shares first images from iconic asteroid spacecraft BGR17:10NASA Aerospace & Defense Space Exploration

NASA tracks Asteroid 2023 Wg; it will come as close as 6.7 million km to Earth today Hindustan Times01:38NASA Aerospace & Defense Space Exploration

Earth may have had all the elements needed for life within it all along − contrary to theories that these elements came … The Conversation (US)14:45Meteorites Space Exploration Chemistry

Meteoroids may have brought building block of life to Earth's birthplace Newsweek08:35Meteorites Space Exploration Chemistry

NASA scientists tracking 20,000 asteroids heading towards Earth’s orbit The Jamaica Observer13:49NASA Aerospace & Defense Space Exploration

NASA currently tracking 20,000 or more near-Earth asteroids The Daily Caller10:47NASA Aerospace & Defense Space Exploration

Hyperactive ‘alcohol’ comet could spawn never-before-seen meteor shower tonight BBC Science Focus09:16Geminids Meteor Shower Astronomy

New meteor shower may grace Earth's skies next week Newsweek13:28Geminids Meteor Shower Astronomy

Geminids meteor shower to light up Australia's southern hemisphere skies before Christmas -… Mail Online00:47Geminids Meteor Shower Australia

‘Must-see event’: Geminid meteor shower to peak on evening of Dec. 13 Global News20:38Geminids Meteor Shower Australia

2023′s final two meteor showers bring starry sparkle to December nights Grand Rapids Press, Michigan07:57Geminids Meteor Shower Michigan

December stargazing: Major meteor shower, ancient asteroid, Christmas full moon Muskegon Chronicle, Michigan08:08Geminids Meteor Shower Michigan

Bridge-sized asteroid to come as close as 5.5mn km to Earth, reveals NASA Hindustan Times00:08NASA Astronomy Aerospace & Defense

Asteroid 2023 VH6 to pass by Earth today; Know details of close encounter Hindustan Times01:02NASA Astronomy Aerospace & Defense

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Hyperactive ‘alcohol’ comet could spawn never-before-seen meteor shower tonight BBC Science Focus09:16

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‘Gorgeously green’ meteors predicted during major meteor shower this week Bay City Times, Michigan08:04

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Look up! The Geminid meteor shower lights up the sky Wednesday night The Weather Network06:05

Yesterday

Year’s Strongest Meteor Shower Peaks: When To See The Geminids At Their Best Forbes19:22 9-Dec-23

Geminid Meteor Shower 2023: A Spectacular Celestial Show is Forecast With No Moon This Year Severe Weather Europe18:53 9-Dec-23

An asteroid will eclipse the puzzling red star Betelgeuse on Dec. 11 Space.com09:09 9-Dec-23

Geminid Meteor Shower 2023: How To See The Bright Shooting Stars This Week The Messenger09:05 9-Dec-23

Halley’s Comet Is About To Begin Its 38-Year-Long Journey Back To Earth IFLScience07:12 9-Dec-23

Asteroid will pass in front of bright star, produce rare eclipse Khabarhub02:45 9-Dec-23

Halley's Comet: this weekend marks famed comet's aphelion - when was it first discovered? National World02:01 9-Dec-23

Asteroid Will Pass in Front of Bright Star to Produce a Rare Eclipse Greek Reporter01:21 9-Dec-23

Geminids meteor shower to light up Australia's southern hemisphere skies before Christmas -… Mail Online00:47 9-Dec-23

In the last 7 days

Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday Live Science17:20 8-Dec-23

Halley’s Comet Is Headed Back Our Way Syfy16:04 8-Dec-23

How To Watch The ‘Ring Of Fire’ Eclipse—As Asteroid Passes Bright Red Star Next Week Forbes15:18 8-Dec-23

Halley's Comet begins its 38-year journey back toward Earth tonight Space.com15:10 8-Dec-23

'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 5 review: A new asteroid heading for Mars puts a rocket… Space.com13:08 8-Dec-23

Asteroid to produce one-of-a-kind phenomenon as it soars past Earth in just days GB News12:06 8-Dec-23

How ‘Asteroid City’ Became Wes Anderson’s Most Visually Ambitious Movie Yet Vanity Fair12:03 8-Dec-23

What Do Meteors’ Colors Tell Us? IFLScience11:54 8-Dec-23

Asteroid Will Pass in Front of Bright Star Betelgeuse to Produce Rare Eclipse Visible to Millions NTD News10:41 8-Dec-23

The Geminids — this year's only multicolored meteor shower — peaks next week. Here's how to watch. Live Science09:12 8-Dec-23

Rare celestial event: Massive asteroid 'Leona' to eclipse red supergiant 'Betelgeuse' in night… Fox News08:36 8-Dec-23

Crossed wires caused parachute problem during OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample delivery, NASA says Space.com08:13 8-Dec-23

Meteor showers and winter stars: the night sky in December GOV.UK08:01 8-Dec-23

A chunk of asteroid is coming to Earth Livemint.com07:45 8-Dec-23

80-kilometre-wide asteroid to produce one-of-a-kind eclipse visible from Earth CTV News Saskatoon07:19 8-Dec-23

From ferns to meteorites: new book explores the beautiful mysteries of nature printing The Art Newspaper06:16 8-Dec-23

Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to… Mail Online03:04 8-Dec-23

NASA tracks Asteroid 2023 Wg; it will come as close as 6.7 million km to Earth today Hindustan Times01:38 8-Dec-23

NASA shares first images from iconic asteroid spacecraft BGR17:10 7-Dec-23

Halley’s Comet Gearing Up for Its Return Journey Toward Earth Futurism14:16 7-Dec-23

New Meteor Shower May Grace Earth's Skies Next Week Newsweek13:28 7-Dec-23

Earth may have had all the elements needed for life—contrary to theories that they came from… Phys.org11:25 7-Dec-23

The Goldilocks Asteroid Sends Everyone Into a Frenzy in 'For All Mankind' Sneak Peek [Exclusive] Collider11:02 7-Dec-23

The Ursid Meteor Shower Will Put on a Holiday Light Show This Month—Here's How to View the Shooting Stars Martha Stewart10:15 7-Dec-23

Pinball and psych-rock collide when We Are the Asteroid plays St. Pete this weekend Creative Loafing Tampa Bay10:14 7-Dec-23

2023′s final two meteor showers bring starry sparkle to December nights Grand Rapids Press, Michigan07:57 7-Dec-23

How NASA's asteroid sample survived despite a parachute flop Mashable05:10 7-Dec-23

The Famous Halley's Comet Reaches Aphelion This Weekend ScienceAlert01:28 7-Dec-23

Sky-watchers put on alert for spectacular meteor shower which could be seen in Shropshire Shropshire Star01:14 7-Dec-23

Watch the skies - Spectacular meteor shower over Aotearoa next week Radio New Zealand01:07 7-Dec-23

Apollo group asteroid to pass Earth by a close margin, reveals NASA; Know close approach details Hindustan Times00:33 7-Dec-23

NASA’s asteroid mission struck its target, but then dodged a bullet Ars Technica18:25 6-Dec-23

Earth may have had all the elements needed for life within it all along − contrary to theories that these elements came … The Conversation (US)14:45 6-Dec-23

The Comet-Asteroid Chiron Has Rings — And They're Changing Sky & Telescope13:53 6-Dec-23

OSIRIS-APEX prepares for 1st close solar encounter on way to asteroid Apophis Space.com13:09 6-Dec-23

Famed Halley’s Comet Passes Aphelion This Weekend Universe Today11:05 6-Dec-23

NASA asteroid sample being analyzed in Japan The Japan Times07:31 6-Dec-23

Limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives Newswise (Press Release)05:39 6-Dec-23

Bridge-sized asteroid to come as close as 5.5mn km to Earth, reveals NASA Hindustan Times00:08 6-Dec-23

Vietnam ideal to watch year's largest meteor shower VnExpress International20:39 5-Dec-23

‘Must-see event’: Geminid meteor shower to peak on evening of Dec. 13 Global News20:38 5-Dec-23

Parachute Problem Identified in OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Capsule Return Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)19:38 5-Dec-23

NASA's Psyche spacecraft finds its 'first light' while zooming to a metal asteroid (image) Space.com17:39 5-Dec-23

Edmonton resident discovers rare meteorite in rain gutter The Times of India14:22 5-Dec-23

NASA scientists tracking 20,000 asteroids heading towards Earth’s orbit The Jamaica Observer13:49 5-Dec-23

Read and Download the 'Asteroid City' Screenplay No Film School11:34 5-Dec-23

NASA Currently Tracking 20,000 Or More Near-Earth Asteroids The Daily Caller10:47 5-Dec-23

Asteroid safe close approach: (139622) 2001 QQ142; December… ESA05:39 5-Dec-23

Aircraft-sized asteroid to pass Earth, reveals NASA; Know details of close approach Hindustan Times05:00 5-Dec-23

NASA scientists tracking 20,000 near-Earth asteroids up to 25 miles wide to stop The Mirror04:11 5-Dec-23

Why It’s A Big Week For Halley’s Comet, A Possible ‘Star Of Bethlehem’ Forbes00:20 5-Dec-23

December Sky Events: From Geminid Meteor Shower, Winter Solstice To Full Cold Moon Nature World News19:31 4-Dec-23

Edmonton Man Finds Rare Meteorite in His Rain Gutter The Epoch Times18:28 4-Dec-23

The Meteors, Asteroids, and Planets You Can Photograph in December PetaPixel16:44 4-Dec-23

More than a meteorite: New clues about the demise of dinosaurs Newswise (Press Release)10:58 4-Dec-23

Meteoroids May Have Brought Building Block of Life to Earth's Birthplace Newsweek08:35 4-Dec-23

The 'Comet of the Century' Failed to Impress, but It Wasn't Such a Disaster After All Smithsonian Magazine08:31 4-Dec-23

Geminid meteor shower peaks this month: How to watch NewsBytes06:52 4-Dec-23

Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming encounters Space.com06:30 4-Dec-23

Haley’s Comet The Washington Monthly05:17 4-Dec-23

Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have formed from lost meteor impact Live Science04:22 4-Dec-23

190-foot asteroid to fly past Earth closely today; NASA reveals speed, size and more Hindustan Times01:35 4-Dec-23

'That's the real thing': Edmonton man makes rare meteorite find CTV News Saskatoon22:48 3-Dec-23

NASA’s skywatching tips for December include a meteor shower Digital Trends20:58 3-Dec-23

Edmonton man makes 'exceptionally rare' meteorite recovery CTV News Saskatoon18:33 3-Dec-23

December stargazing: Major meteor shower, ancient asteroid, Christmas full moon Muskegon Chronicle, Michigan08:08 3-Dec-23

An Asteroid Larger Than a Small Country Will Narrowly Miss Earth This Week The Messenger08:03 3-Dec-23

Geminid meteor shower will be bright enough to be seen in NYC this month Gothamist (Weblog)07:20 3-Dec-23

Geminids meteor shower set to light up UAE skies this month The National06:57 3-Dec-23

In the last month

Mysterious Meteor Shower Could Light Up Skies Tonight In Rare Outburst Forbes18:04 2-Dec-23

Strongest meteor shower of year now active, peaking with scores of shooting stars in December NJ.com - The Jersey Journal17:27 2-Dec-23

Comet 81P/Wild 2: A Record of the Solar System’s Wild Youth Astrobiology Web14:03 2-Dec-23

Meteorites Were A Likely Source Of Nitrogen For Early Earth Astrobiology Web14:03 2-Dec-23

NASA Osiris-apex set for unprecedented solar approach on mission to asteroid Apophis Hindustan Times11:46 2-Dec-23

Doorbell camera captures sonic boom as half-ton meteor crashes in Texas UNILAD11:28 2-Dec-23

Rare ‘lost’ meteor shower storm tonight: How to see the stunning Andromedids 2023 BBC Science Focus08:02 2-Dec-23

Early Earth’s nitrogen most likely came from meteorites Tech Explorist06:18 2-Dec-23

Starfield’s Adoring Fan asteroid is nightmare fuel, but not for long PCGamesN06:07 2-Dec-23

Celestial surprise: Edmonton man discovers meteorite in his rain gutter CBC.ca19:45 1-Dec-23

Meteor showers, bright planets: A guide to the amazing December night sky Staten Island Advance, New York15:21 1-Dec-23

How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower This Month Smithsonian Magazine13:51 1-Dec-23

Sample of 'potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu, which may contain the seeds of life, arrives in UK for analysis Live Science13:33 1-Dec-23

Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth Science Blog (Weblog)09:47 1-Dec-23

Two meteor showers and a bright Mercury to light up December’s sky Popular Science08:01 1-Dec-23

See Up to 120 Meteors per Hour, a Planet Parade, and More in This Month's Night Sky Travel & Leisure Magazine08:01 1-Dec-23

Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth, Ryugu samples study finds Phys.org07:32 1-Dec-23

Bennu: the 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid that could reveal the origins of life on Earth National World05:06 1-Dec-23

See a forgotten meteor shower caused by a dead comet this weekend New Scientist04:57 1-Dec-23

For All Mankind Season 4 Episode 4 Recap – What caused the failure of the asteroid mission? Ready Steady Cut22:03 30-Nov-23

Comet set to light up Shanghai China.org.cn20:03 30-Nov-23

Tucker Carlson reveals he's 'flattered' by rumors he will be on the Trump 2024 ticket as his… Mail Online20:02 30-Nov-23

Asteroid or supervolcano? New study says dinosaurs were wiped out by both Mail Online14:56 30-Nov-23

The New Asteroid Moon Discovered by Lucy Just Got its Own Name Universe Today14:29 30-Nov-23

20 New Asteroid Names Honour Prominent Canadians, Thanks to RASC Work SpaceQ13:56 30-Nov-23

Meet 'Selam,' the curious double moon orbiting asteroid 'Dinky' Space.com13:08 30-Nov-23

Mysterious yellow glass found in Libyan desert 'caused by meteorite' indy10012:50 30-Nov-23

120 meteors per hour possible as Geminid meteor shower peaks. When and where to look NBC Chicago10:13 30-Nov-23

Indian Himalayan Chandra Telescope captures mesmerising Devil Comet in all its glory Hindustan Times10:09 30-Nov-23

Asteroid Phaethon's mysterious tail may finally have an explanation Space.com10:05 30-Nov-23

New asteroid named after fossilised ‘baby’ Cosmos09:35 30-Nov-23

Not Just a Meteor: New Study Reveals Another Culprit in the Mass Extinction of Dinosaurs The Debrief08:12 30-Nov-23

Hera asteroid mission, shaken not stirred ESA08:00 30-Nov-23

VIDEO: Analyzing an asteroid in the new golden age of sample return Carnegie Institution for Science07:54 30-Nov-23

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