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with Luisa MarconiTwo asteroids will make close Earth approaches 12 December 2026
NASA/JPL CNEOS has logged both approach events for the same date.
Asteroid and lunar crater named for Vladimir KomarovLuisa MarconiNASA selects GIMLI mission to investigate lunar Marius Hills pitCaleb MbekiJames Webb observes shifting water clouds on brown dwarf WISE 0855Luisa MarconiNASA Langley team maps lunar mission knowledge gaps ahead of base deploymentCaleb MbekiNASA's McKay confirms engineered bacterium not intended for Mars terraformingCaleb MbekiNew study dates Oklahoma's Ames impact crater to 370 million years agoCaleb MbekiHubble detects growing ten-sided wave at Saturn's south poleLuisa MarconiSETI Institute proposes lunar soil search for extraterrestrial intelligenceCaleb MbekiJames Webb captures new infrared images of the NGC 7129 nebulaLuisa MarconiMargaret Hamilton led Apollo mission softwareLuisa MarconiESA Hera mission to perform braking manoeuvre ahead of Didymos asteroid rendezvousCaleb MbekiNASA building permanent Moon Base at lunar South PoleCaleb MbekiAstronomers capture most detailed image yet of the Pa 30 nebulaLuisa MarconiNew planetary surface findings cover Venus geology, historic lunar archiveCaleb MbekiSupernova remnant Pa 30 named NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for 7 October 2026Caleb MbekiNASA obligated $188.9M across three aerospace contractors on 1 October 2026Luisa MarconiKorea Astronomy Institute releases 2025 Chuseok full moon timings for SeoulLuisa MarconiNASA obligated $141.1M across four space vendors on 2 October 2026Luisa MarconiInternational astronomy team publishes 2026 observations of supernova remnant Pa 30Caleb MbekiNational Academy astrobiology direction meeting opens 6 October 2026Caleb MbekiNASA selects GIMLI mission to investigate lunar Marius Hill lava tubeCaleb MbekiAstronomers confirm planetary discovery via reanalysed ground telescope dataLuisa MarconiOctober 2026 full moon timing confirmed by US Naval ObservatoryLuisa MarconiTwo dwarf star consumption studies published in Nature AstronomyCaleb MbekiISS astronaut photographs Saririaky anorthosite massif in MadagascarLuisa MarconiNearly 500,000 pounds of human material remains unregulated on the MoonLuisa MarconiNASA and UNAM detail astronomical events for October 2026Luisa MarconiMoon at Third Quarter phase as NASA publishes October 2026 lunar observing detailsLuisa MarconiTwo 12th grade students advance to national stage of NASA asteroid searchLuisa MarconiNASA administrator calls for revised planetary protection policies for Mars missionsCaleb MbekiWebb observes young star systems with Moon-forming style impactsLuisa MarconiTohoku University team traces atmospheric haze to meteorite dustCaleb MbekiWebb identifies mineral signatures of colliding planetary embryosLuisa MarconiNew exoplanet, white dwarf and lunar cave findings released this weekLuisa MarconiCzech photographer wins Our Moon award for Venus imageLuisa MarconiKorea Astronomy Institute times Chuseok moonrise and peak for SeoulLuisa MarconiAstronomers set upper limit on planets in 70 Oph AB binary systemLuisa MarconiNASA loosens Mars planetary protection sterilization rulesCaleb MbekiNew studies find differing Mars-Earth formation, simpler Enceladus ocean samplingLuisa MarconiStarliner 2024 mishap left two astronauts stranded on ISS for nine monthsLuisa MarconiTwo space science papers examine lunar regolith fungi and undetected X-ray sourcesLuisa MarconiNASA issues directive to modernize planetary protection frameworkCaleb MbekiStudy finds 84 unknown X-ray sources in six galaxiesLuisa MarconiLunar Outpost adds retired Space Force general to boardLuisa MarconiNASA records eight awards on Sept 20, largest $74.3M to Bay Area instituteCaleb MbekiAstronomy experts issue viewing tips for September Moon-Saturn conjunctionLuisa MarconiNASA budget authority holds at $44B at close of 2026 fiscal yearLuisa MarconiStudy finds lunar water insufficient for million-person citiesLuisa MarconiJWST study tracks gas escape from young star systemsCaleb MbekiBerlin scientists publish two Enceladus habitability studiesCaleb MbekiRussia and China proceed with joint lunar data centreLuisa MarconiWaning gibbous moon visible after sunrise next weekLuisa MarconiSaturn will appear near the full Harvest Moon through Monday 2026Luisa MarconiHarvest Moon set for Sept 26, 2026Luisa MarconiAstrophysicists propose Webb's little red dots are early supermassive black holesLuisa MarconiPlanet Elias 2-24 b confirmed after decade of disk observationsLuisa MarconiLRO data reveals 222-meter-wide fresh crater on the MoonLuisa MarconiNASA's Space Algae-1 grows 40 generations of UV-mutagenised algae on ISSLuisa MarconiHypothetical Venus moons would all collapse into the planet, models findCaleb MbekiNIT Srinagar opens India's first campus observatory among NITsCaleb MbekiJWST observes first stellar occultation by a small Solar System bodyLuisa MarconiStudies question feasibility of large-scale Moon water extractionLuisa MarconiUS Air Force secretary admits to space control weapons in orbitLuisa MarconiBuilding-size impact carved 141-foot crater on the Moon, NASA saysLuisa MarconiNASA says Roman telescope's fuel could stretch to 22 years of scienceCaleb MbekiUS military planning now includes cislunar spaceLuisa MarconiNASA finds largest fresh crater in the solar system on the MoonLuisa MarconiNova AT2026aabo in M31 brightens 0.68 magnitude in five daysCaleb MbekiBennu surface 50 times weaker than ground coffee, sample analysis showsLuisa MarconiNASA restores Guam ground station after 2023 typhoon damageLuisa MarconiGen. Caine says US military must be ready to fight from seabed to cislunar spaceLuisa MarconiNASA says lunar cycle lasts 29.5 days, lists eight moon phasesLuisa MarconiMOONS spectrograph makes first observations at Very Large TelescopeLuisa MarconiResearchers discover 84 hypersoft X-ray sources in Chandra archiveCaleb MbekiRoman Space Telescope set for early 2026 observations, NASA saysCaleb MbekiWebb telescope finds 27 new objects beyond Neptune in deepest survey yetLuisa MarconiHubble captures decagon-shaped cloud pattern at Saturn's south poleCaleb MbekiNew map catalogs 5.6 trillion pixels and 4 billion objectsCaleb MbekiTwo spacecraft scheduled to enter Mercury orbit in NovemberCaleb MbekiHubble data reveals ancient star clusters in Milky WayLuisa MarconiEuropa Clipper set to reach Jupiter moon by 2031Luisa MarconiNASA astronaut Jonny Kim leaves agency to return to NavyLuisa MarconiAstronauts install new antenna on International Space StationCaleb MbekiNASA engineers reconfigure Voyager 2 power systemCaleb Mbeki