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Space charts
7 charts about space, each with its public source, its numbers and its date.
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Which asteroids will pass closest to Earth next?
These are the next 15 asteroids NASA expects to pass within 10 times the Moon's distance of Earth, soonest first, as of November 4, 2026; the closest, 2019 X...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), SBDB Close Approach Data · Data as of Nov 4, 2026
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Which telescopes have found the most exoplanets?
NASA's Kepler space telescope found 2,787 confirmed exoplanets, and 550 more on K2, the second mission it flew after a breakdown in 2013. NASA's TESS, launch...
Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Data · Data as of Nov 4, 2026
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How many near-Earth asteroids are discovered each year?
Sky surveys found 3,240 new near-Earth asteroids in 2025, about 8.9 times the 363 found in 2000. Most new finds are small: the big ones, a kilometer or more ...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), Discovery Statistics · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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How do astronomers find planets around other stars?
As of November 2026, 4,785 of the 6,451 confirmed exoplanets, about 74%, were found by the transit method: a telescope sees a star dim slightly as a planet p...
Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Data · Data as of Nov 4, 2026
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How many planets outside our solar system are discovered each year?
Astronomers confirmed 246 new planets around other stars in 2025. The first were found in 1992, and the count leaped in 2014 and 2016 (872 and 1,504), when N...
Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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What are the closest asteroid flybys ever recorded?
As of November 2026, the closest known asteroid flyby was 2025 UC11 (Oct 30, 2025), about 228 km above Earth's surface; the International Space Station orbit...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), SBDB Close Approach Data · Data as of Nov 4, 2026
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How many asteroids pass closer to Earth than the Moon each year?
Astronomers know of 189 asteroid flybys closer than the Moon (about 384,000 km away) in 2025, against about 20 a year in 2007 to 2009. Asteroids aren't passi...
Source: NASA/JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), SBDB Close Approach Data · Data as of Dec 31, 2025