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Amateur astronomers help track asteroid to French impact site –

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 21st September 2025

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth’s atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information about how these space rocks Read More

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The Tiny Cosmic “Keyholes” That Could Send Asteroids Back to

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 15th September 2025

Deflecting an asteroid isn’t just a matter of smashing into it with a spacecraft. If the strike happens in the wrong place, it could nudge the space rock into a tiny gravitational “keyhole,” a Read More

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Rare Space Dust Reveals a Shocking Link Between Very Different

Dr AF Saeed Dr AF Saeed 26th August 2025

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using polarization of light instead of traditional spectra, Joe Masiero uncovered evidence that these space rocks may have Read More