Asteroid, Comets and Meteors

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These three radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 were obtained on Dec. 15-17, by coordinating observations with NASA's 230-foot...
These three radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 were obtained on Dec. 15-17. This will be the asteroid's closest approach in more than 400 years and the closest until 2070.
This frame from a movie of asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated using radar data collected by NASA 230-foot-wide 70-meter Deep...
This frame from a movie of asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated using radar data collected by NASA 230-foot-wide 70-meter Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California on April 19, 2017.
This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained NASA Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. on Nov. 7,...
This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained NASA Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. on Nov. 7, 2011, when the space rock was at 3.6 lunar distances, which is about 860,000 miles, or 1.38 million kilometers, from Earth.
This image of asteroid 2011 MD was taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope in Feb. 2014, over a period of...
This image of asteroid 2011 MD was taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope in Feb. 2014, over a period of 20 hours.
Though fragile comet nuclei have been seen falling apart as they near the Sun, nothing like the slow breakup of...
Two large and one smaller bright, blue-white dots surrounded with a blue cloud.
Two Very Different Asteroids
Two Very Different Asteroids
Radar Model of Asteroid 216 Kleopatra
Radar Model of Asteroid 216 Kleopatra
No one knows where it came from. No one knows how long it has been drifting through the empty, cold...
Comet 2i/borisov as seen by hubble
This collage of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 1999 JD6 was collected by NASA scientists on July 25, 2015. The...
This collage of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 1999 JD6 was collected by NASA scientists on July 25, 2015. The asteroid is between 660-980 feet 200-300 meters in diameter.
This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts asteroid Psyche, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
An illustration of asteroid Psyche in space. Large craters can be seen on the gray-colored, potato-shaped asteroid.
The streak circled in the center of this image is asteroid 2020 QG, which came closer to Earth than any...
The circled streak in the center of this image is asteroid 2020 QG, which came closer to Earth than any other non-impacting asteroid on record.
The asteroid Euphrosyne glides across a field of background stars in this time-lapse view from NASA's WISE spacecraft. WISE obtained...
The asteroid Euphrosyne glides across a field of background stars in this time-lapse view from NASA WISE spacecraft. Euphrosyne is quite dark in visible light, but glows brightly at infrared wavelengths.
Though fragile comet nuclei have been seen falling apart as they near the Sun, nothing like the slow breakup of...
Black background. Five bright, blue-white dots clustered near the image center. Three are exactly at image center, one is above and to the left of center, the final one is below and to the right of center. The dots are surrounded by a blue haze.
Small, cropped photo of a meteor
Closeup view of a bright meteor flaring against a dark background sky