First Image of Earth’s ‘Quasi-Moon’ Captured by Chinese Spacecraft Following 13-Month Journey

A new image of an asteroid, referred to as a “quasi-moon,” has been released ...
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Earth's second moon is revealed for the first time: Satellite beams back image of rare 'micromoon'

This is the first image of a rare 'minimoon' that loops around the Earth like a dance partner.

Could this asteroid be a piece of the Moon? A Chinese spacecraft is about to find out

The Moon is not the only natural object travelling through space alongside Earth. Several small asteroids travel around the Sun in near lockstep with our planet. And just like Earth, these space rocks ...

South Korea races to secure foothold in contested space

South Korea is linking private space investment to national security as satellite, cyber and electronic warfare threats ...

Mission launched to rescue a falling space telescope

Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is designed to capture and boost NASA's Swift observatory back to a safe altitude.

The space race is coming for pharma: Why drug development is heading to lower Earth orbit

Industries from semiconductors to fiber-optic cables stand to benefit from space research and manufacturing, but experts told CNBC that medicine could see the most immediate disruption. A flurry of ...

Financing the Space Economy at America’s 250th: American DeepTech Applauds “Moonfra” Financing; the Birth of US Sovereign Grade Space Leverage

Firm highlights White House, SBA, NASA and Bipartisan Congress for their support for Lunar Infrastructure and US Space Economy Leadership WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / July 2, 2026 / As the ...

Asteroid zooming past Earth on Saturday visible to stargazers

A large asteroid that will zoom harmlessly past Earth on Saturday will be visible to stargazers using a small telescope or ...
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First-Ever Close-Up Revealed of Earth's Rare 'Minimoon'

It's Kamoʻoalewa! (CNSA) Did you know Earth has a 'minimoon'? It's known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamoʻoalewa. A probe sent ...

NASA Rushes to Rescue a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up

Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will ...
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Japan's Hayabusa2 sends first picture of peanut asteroid 100 million km from Earth

The image, released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), shows asteroid Torifune, a roughly 450-metre-wide space rock that resembles two smaller asteroids joined together.