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An Asteroid Just Streaked Over Antarctica, Becoming the Second Closest Flyby Ever Recorded

Learn how astronomers spotted 2025 TF, an asteroid that passed just 266 miles over Antarctica in early October 2025.
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DART spacecraft's asteroid impact informs new planetary defense strategy

Scientists reveal how the DART mission asteroid impact blasted 35 million pounds of debris and changed Dimorphos’ orbit. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent ...