Trending Desk · Space · 2026-09-07
A small asteroid just crashed near Australia, and astronomers are thrilled
A small asteroid, CERNQ52, entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean on September 6, burning up harmlessly as predicted by ESA and NASA. What excited astronomers wasn't the object itself but the speed of detection, spotted just hours before impact, marking only the 13th such early catch. Scie... A small asteroid just crashed near Australia, and astronomers are thrilled about it.
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