Author: Schanding Rauschenbach
Schanding Rauschenbach
Schanding Rauschenbach is a content writer at Daily Research News, based in Reading, Pennsylvania. She joined the team in October 2026 and brings several years of experience in content marketing and web content creation. She writes news stories that explain what happened and why it matters to readers.
NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) counts 42,978 known near-Earth asteroids as of its latest discovery date, November 5, 2026. That count anchors the asteroid statistics below. The Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) lists 1,583,336 objects in its catalog, 4,644 of them comets. Of the near-Earth asteroids, 2,533 are potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs). NASA defines that class by how close an orbit can come to Earth’s and by size. The known near-Earth asteroid count grew by 3,240 during 2025, against 1,586 added in 2015. Counts come from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the…