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NASA scientists are tracking a bus-sized asteroid making its close approach toward Earth

NASA has verified that a small asteroid, roughly the size of a machine, is making a close approach to Earth on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. Scientists say the asteroid is not a danger to Earth. They ...
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7 space objects NASA is monitoring more closely than ever

Space is not as empty as it looks. Right now, as you read this, NASA scientists are actively watching dozens of objects drifting, spinning, and hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood, some of them ...
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Scientists find unlikely new way to track space junk: sonic booms in the atmosphere

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space junk falling out of orbit can be a threat -- now scientists say they have found a new way to track it as it speeds through ...
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Seismometer networks could track space junk as it falls to Earth

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to the ground. To locate possible crash sites, a Johns Hopkins University ...
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Now we can track space junk as it falls to Earth

Seismometers — equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes — are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth’s orbit. Some of those items pose a risk to ...