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World Asteroid Day 2025: New Discoveries, Safe Skies Ahead

7/2/2025

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World Asteroid Day 2025, set for June 30, will celebrate a decade of awareness with a thrilling livestream from the Virtual Telescope Program, showcasing near-Earth asteroids. NASA, alongside the cutting-edge Vera C. Rubin Observatory, has recently discovered over 2,000 new asteroids, ensuring our skies remain safe with no major threats anticipated for the next hundred years.

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World Asteroid Day 2025, set for June 30, will celebrate a decade of awareness with a thrilling livestream from the Virtual Telescope Program, showcasing near-Earth asteroids. NASA, alongside the cutting-edge Vera C. Rubin Observatory, has recently discovered over 2,000 new asteroids, ensuring our skies remain safe with no major threats anticipated for the next hundred years.