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Asteroid 1997 QK1 is shown to be an elongated, peanut-shaped near-Earth object in this series of 28 radar images obtained…

This series of 41 radar images obtained by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar on July 28, 2025,…

This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun.

This series of radar images obtained by the DSN's Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Sept. 16, 2024,…

This series of radar images obtained by the Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Aug. 18, 2024, shows…

This sunset photo shows NASA's Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications…

These seven radar observations by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar shows the mile-wide asteroid 2011 UL21 during…

Because close approaches by asteroids the size of 2024 MK are relatively rare, JPL's planetary radar team gathered as much…

The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, 2024, this series of images…

Psyche undergoes vibration testing at JPL in March 2022 to ensure the spacecraft can withstand the jostling of launch.

This artist's concept depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft with its large solar arrays fully deployed and one of its four Hall-effect…

Team members prepare to integrate one of two solar arrays on NASA's Psyche spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility…

Technicians begin to retract one of the two solar arrays attached to NASA's Psyche spacecraft. This photo was taken on…

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26, 2023, at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near…

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26, 2023, at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near…

This collage represents a selection of NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2006 HV5 on April 25, 2023, less than…

This collage represents NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5 on Feb. 4, 2023, one day after its close…