An Egyptian research team has made new discoveries as part of an international initiative to find and track near-Earth asteroids. The team was led by Mona Ahmed Sheta, a Master's student in Microbiology at the Faculty of Science at Damietta University, and researcher Malak Mohamed Saber from the same faculty. Their contribution achieved advanced scientific results, placing Egypt at the forefront of African participating countries in this global project. Mona Ahmed Sheta, in statements to Egyptian media, explained that the project aims to monitor and discover asteroids, especially near-Earth ones, by analyzing images captured by major world telescopes and observatories, including the Pan-STARRS rapid response system at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii. She stated that the project was launched under the Planetary Defense program, which is concerned with tracking celestial bodies that could pose a potential threat to Earth, in addition to supporting research on the origin and evolution of the solar system. Mona Sheta added that the team relied on sequential analysis of astronomical images to detect moving objects and calculate their orbits, sizes, and distances from Earth. She noted that researcher Malak Mohamed Saber oversaw the analysis and quality control processes before the results were sent to the Minor Planet Center at Harvard University, then officially approved and registered in the database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). According to researcher Mona, in less than nine months, the Egyptian team succeeded in detecting 100 preliminary asteroids, nine of which were officially confirmed in 2024 as part of a scientific competition involving 18 countries worldwide. She also pointed out that the most prominent internationally confirmed discoveries were the asteroid 2024 VG15, whose primary discoverer was researcher Mona Ahmed Sheta, and the asteroid 2024 WL68, discovered by Mona Ahmed Sheta and researcher Hams Mohamed.