"Viewing the Perseids in 2025" by American Meteor Society AMS - If you miss the peak tonight, the meteor shower continues at decreasing rates for enough days to try again when there's less interference from the Moon. https://www.amsmeteors.org/2025/08/viewing-the-perseids-in-2025/ #Perseids2025 #meteors #LowFlyingRocks #spaceweather
"Bright fireball meteor with sonic boom observed over Victoria, Australia" by The Watchers - Researchers are seeking security and dashcam footage to narrow down an area to search for #space rock fragments. Reports of sightings and hearing the sonic boom were in rural areas northwest of Melbourne metro area. https://watchers.news/2025/08/11/bright-fireball-meteor-sonic-boom-observed-victoria-australia/ #astronomy #asteroid #LowFlyingRocks
"The Popular Perseid Meteor Shower Will Peak This Week—Here’s How to Watch, Despite a Bright Moon" by Smithsonian Magazine @Smithsonianmag - The peak of the #Perseids meteor shower occurs this date every year. Viewers may have to accept that the nearly-full Moon washes out all but the brightest ones. The best meteors are usually after midnight. Maybe try again following nights after the peak, as moonrise shifts later. Or next year. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-popular-perseid-meteor-shower-will-peak-this-week-heres-how-to-watch-despite-a-bright-moon-180987142/#Perseids2025 #meteors #LowFlyingRocks #spaceweather
"Perseids from Perseus" is #NASA #Astronomy Picture of the Day #APOD, by Marcin Rosadziński. This wide-view long exposure demonstrates how meteor showers appear to come from a radiant point in the sky. Actually that's the direction looking up into the stream of incoming sand-sized debris in the orbit of the comet that shed them long ago on previous passes by the Sun. Perseid meteors come from the comet Swift-Tuttle. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250812.html #Perseids2025 #meteors #LowFlyingRocks #spaceweather
"Don't miss Perseid meteor shower 2025 peak Aug. 12-13" by @Spacecom - Probably only the brightest Perseid meteors will be visible this time due to the nearly-full moon. But the Perseids usually do have some bright ones. Best to get away from city lights in a direction where there will be clear #weather. https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/dont-miss-perseid-meteor-shower-2025-peak-aug-12-13-heres-what-you-need-to-know #Perseids2025 #meteors #LowFlyingRocks #astronomy #spaceweather
"Asteroid 2025 OS safely buzzed by Earth this weekend" by EarthSky Science (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF: if you know them, invite them) - On Friday, newly-discovered #Asteroid #2025OS passed by at a distance of 2534mi/4078km from Earth's surface. Very close. But at 3-6m diameter, it isn't a danger. We need more experience catching these before the last moment. https://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-safely-buzzed-earth-this-weekend/ #space #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks
"Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids" by @LiveScience - Research often leads to learning new questions to ask. Observations from 2022 #NASADART #asteroid redirection test shows impact debris cloud grouping under unknown force of attraction. A better understanding will allow us to anticipate effects if/when we need to do this again to save Earth. https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/giant-space-boulders-unleashed-by-nasas-dart-mission-arent-behaving-as-expected-revealing-hidden-risks-of-deflecting-asteroids #NASA #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks
"The Perseids are coming — here's how to watch the glorious meteor shower before the moon ruins the show" by @LiveScience - Perseids meteor shower peaks on the night of August 12-13. But the #Moon just past full will rise around 10pm local time, washing out the sky for all but the brightest meteors. https://www.livescience.com/space/meteoroids/the-perseids-are-coming-heres-how-to-watch-the-glorious-meteor-shower-before-the-moon-ruins-the-show #Perseids2025 #Perseids #MeteorShower #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks
"Bright fireball explodes over Nuevo León, Mexico" by TheWatchers (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - A bolide lit up the sky around 2am June 15 in northeastern Mexico. A sonic boom was reported, which indicates it was a somewhat larger asteroid than the small ones that hit Earth's atmosphere nearly every day. These are rare in any given location but weekly to monthly somewhere in the world. https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/bright-fireball-explodes-nuevo-leon-mexico-june-15-2025/ #astronomy #asteroid #LowFlyingRocks
"Asteroid 2025 HH flew past Earth at 0.07 LD — third closest of the year" by The Watchers - Newly-discovered #Asteroid #2025HH passed 27,847km/17,304mi on April 17, and was discovered April 18. 
https://watchers.news/2025/04/21/asteroid-2025-hh-flew-past-earth-at-0-07-ld-third-closest-of-the-year/ #asteroid #LowFlyingRocks #astronomy
An impact of #asteroid #2024YR4 on the #Moon could be visible from Earth, if it impacts the side that faces us. Additional hazards not mentioned in articles I've seen so far would affect planning for #NASA #Artemis landing missions and Lunar Gateway space station (not yet launched). Some ejecta/debris from the impact would leave the Moon's weak gravity and could threaten Earth or our satellites weeks or months after impact. #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space
"Asteroid will miss Earth — but may set off lunar light show" by @cosmiclog / @alanboyle - #Asteroid #2024YR4 orbit is understood well enough now that it will not impact Earth in 2032. But it's still close. A lunar impact remains possible, currently at 3.8% probability. The article paints a picture of just a light show visible from Earth. But there are more potential hazards. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/07/asteroid-will-miss-earth-but-may-set-off-lunar-light-show/ #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space
"James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032" by @LiveScience - #NASA #JWST observations confirm #asteroid #2024YR4 will not impact Earth on the Dec 22, 2032 fly-by. An impact on the #Moon
is still not ruled out. Another JWST observation is scheduled for May before the rock disappears into the dark outer solar system for several years. https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/james-webb-telescope-takes-emergency-look-at-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-ahead-of-close-encounter-in-2032 #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space
"A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses" by @SciAm - Increasing capabilities to search for the next wayward #asteroid will mean recurring news like #2024YR4 where a threat is evaluated for potential collision course with Earth. At some point, we will find one headed here. Planning and test exercises try to become prepared for what to do when we know one is coming. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-planetary-defenders-planned-to-stop-that-city-killer-asteroid/ #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space
"Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - The orbit of #Asteroid #2024YR4 has been narrowed down enough to know it will not hit Earth. Get used to more asteroids being evaluated as potential threats. The good news is that humanity is increasingly able to find these threats which were already out there. Don't be a dinosaur.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/asteroid-2024-yr4-may-be-a-dud-but-we-will-soon-find-many-more-threats/ #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space
"You’re going to see more ‘city-killer’ asteroids, but fret not, MIT astronomer says" by KTLA Los Angeles - #Astedroid #2024YR4 is a useful example of what we're likely to see more often as astronomers get better equipment to locate rocks that have always been out there but previously passed unseen in the dark. Observation of an asteroid's orbit should look like this each time. https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/city-killer-asteroids-more-common/ #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space
I don't see new news articles yet. But I checked the #NASA JPL data on #asteroid #2024YR4. It has been dropped on the Torino Scale of impact hazards from 1 to 0, previously at 3 when it was in the news. Now 1 in 26000 chance of impact in the 2032 pass. 
Still expected to go to zero. Dark skies under a waning moon allowed enough observations to narrow down its orbit before it's too far away from Earth to see for 3 years. #astronomy #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefence #LowFlyingRocks #space
"NASA massively lowers impact risk of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 to 1 in 360" by @Spacecom / @RobertLea - #Asteroid #2024YR4 dropped from 3 to 1 on the Torino Scale of impact hazards. Telescope observations have narrowed down its orbit estimate, and chances of impact in 2032. As of Tuesday it was listed as 3.1%. It dropped to 0.28% as of Thursday when the article was written. (Minor update to 0.36% today.) It's expected to drop to zero. https://www.space.com/asteroid-2024yt4-impact-risk-drop-nasa #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks
"Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, #NASA reports" by @LiveScience - As astronomers' observations have narrowed the estimate of #asteroid #2024YR4's orbit, Earth's size is now a larger fraction of the reduced cross-section of possible paths. So probability goes up until impact is ruled out. 96.9% chance the eventually-narrowed path will eliminate impact with Earth. Computation continues. https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/chance-of-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-smashing-into-earth-rises-yet-again-to-3-1-percent-nasa-reports #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks
"Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track" by @AssociatedPress - Scientists collecting telescope observations of 2024 YR4 to compute its orbit. As long as Earth is within the area of uncertainty in its path, there will be a small percentage chance of impact, Earth's size as a fraction of the cross section of possible paths. Impact chances will fluctuate, then probably be eliminated. https://apnews.com/article/asteroid-2024-yr4-earth-2032-5c353e2ee53bb1ecd68a562611d54062 #2024YR4 #asteroid #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks
