Asteroid 2026 SZ2 passed Earth at 0.055 lunar distances (about 0.000141 AU / 21 100 km / 13 100 miles) from the center of our planet at 21:19 UTC on September 20, 2026. Its closest point was approximately 14 800 km (9 200 miles) above Earth's surface, placing the asteroid well inside the orbit of geostationary satellites.

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Asteroid 2026 RW1 -- the 13th predicted Earth impactor -- entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia at 16:07 UTC on September 6, 2026, about 7 hours and 22 minutes after its initial reported observation by the University of Arizona Mt. Lemmon Survey. The European Space Agency (ESA) estimated the object at 0.6–1.3 m (2.0–4.3 feet).

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The European Space Agency (ESA) predicts that Tango, the fourth and final Cluster spacecraft, will reenter Earth’s atmosphere over a remote part of the South Pacific Ocean at 21:30:31 UTC on September 1, 2026, with an uncertainty of ±10 seconds. ESA said at 11:10 UTC that the ROSIE team was flying out again from Tonga to observe the breakup with an aircraft carrying 30 instruments, one day after successfully recording the reentry of Tango’s sister spacecraft Samba.

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Asteroid 2026 PC6 passed Earth at 0.053 lunar distances (0.00014 AU / about 20 400 km / 12 700 miles) from the center of our planet at 00:50 UTC on August 12, 2026, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (NASA/CNEOS). At the nominal distance, the object passed about 14 000 km (8 700 miles) above Earth’s surface, placing it inside the orbit of geostationary satellites and making it the closest asteroid flyby of the year.

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The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse can be watched live online today through scheduled broadcasts from NASA, ESA, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the Exploratorium and Royal Observatory Greenwich. IAC starts at 17:00 UTC, Royal Observatory Greenwich at 17:10 UTC, NASA at 17:15 UTC, and ESA and the Exploratorium at 17:30 UTC, before totality reaches Iceland and Spain.

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The Perseid meteor shower will reach its 2026 maximum during the night of August 12--13, with the International Meteor Organization placing the nominal peak between 02:00 and 04:00 UTC on August 13. A New Moon on August 12 will eliminate lunar interference, providing excellent conditions for optical observations.

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A total solar eclipse will sweep across the Arctic and into southern Europe on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, bringing up to 2 minutes 18 seconds of totality to parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small area of northeastern Portugal. As the Moon's shadow races southeastward, Iceland will witness the event in the late afternoon before totality reaches northern Spain shortly before sunset. The event will be the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999 and the first visible from the Iberian Peninsula in more than a century.

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Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 will pass Earth at 6.67 lunar distances (about 0.017 AU), or 2.5 million km (1.6 million miles) above Earth’s surface, at 11:16 UTC on June 27, 2026. The object has an estimated diameter between 750–1 650 m (2 460–5 410 feet), making this an unusually close encounter for an object of this size. The Virtual Telescope Project will stream the flyby live at 23:00 UTC on June 26 and 27, offering real-time views as the asteroid reaches peak brightness.

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The Arietids peak around June 10, bringing the year's strongest daytime meteor shower to Earth. Most activity occurs in daylight, but observers may catch a few meteors during the final dark hour before sunrise.

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NASA instructed crew members aboard the International Space Station to end safe haven procedures and return to planned operations on June 5, 2026, after Roscosmos paused structural repair work inside the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, while additional measurements and data are assessed.

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