A newly discovered asteroid designated 2025 PU flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.14 LD (0.00035 AU / 53 000 km / 33 000 miles) from the center of our planet at 21:42 UTC on August 2, 2025.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 % chance of striking the Moon on December 22, 2032, potentially ejecting up to 100 million kg of lunar debris into space, with as much as 10 % of it reaching Earth and producing a rare, slow-moving meteor storm.
Could “comet”3I/ATLAS be a piece of alien technology? A question that might sound straight out of a sci-fi movie is now being brought to the front of the space table by Abraham (Avi) Loeb the Baird Professor of Science and Institute director at Harvard University.
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2025 OS flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.03 LD (0.00007 AU / 10 457 km / 6 498 miles) at 03:21 UTC on July 19, 2025.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, first observed by the ATLAS survey in Chile on July 1, 2025, is the third confirmed object of its kind to enter the solar system. Analysis of its hyperbolic trajectory and inbound velocity of ~58 km/s confirms its extrasolar origin, while kinematic modeling suggests it formed in the Milky Way’s ancient thick disk, offering a rare opportunity to study early galactic comet chemistry.
An extremely rare gigantic jet, powerful bolt of upward lightning, was captured from the International Space Station as it soared above a thunderstorm over northern Mexico and the U.S. Southwest on July 3, 2025. The striking image, taken by NASA astronaut Nichole Vapor Ayers, shows the jet piercing into the ionosphere, offering a rare glimpse of one of Earth’s most elusive atmospheric phenomena.
A rare bright daylight fireball streaked across the skies of Sweden on July 1, 2025, generating a loud bang over Åland.
A new interstellar object, provisionally named A11pl3Z and approximately 20 km (12 miles) wide, has been confirmed as only the third known visitor from another star system to enter the Solar System.
A very bright daylight meteor exploded over Atlanta, Georgia, at 12:26 local time (16:26 UTC) on June 26, 2025, producing a sonic boom and damaging a home in Henry County. Additional fragments may have reached South Carolina.
Starship 36 exploded during a static-fire test at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at around 23:00 local time (LT) on June 18, 2025, destroying the prototype and delaying upcoming missions.
