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Tag: asteroid
Hubble spots our second interstellar visitor — a comet
"It's traveling so fast it almost doesn't care that the Sun is there."
Scientists reconstruct the first 24 hours of dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
Molten rock shooting for the moon, huge tsunamis hundreds of feet tall, and global wildfires were triggered immediately after the ...
Japan just landed a shuttle on an asteroid
It's a remarkable achievement.
Mysterious gravitational anomaly in Moon’s South Pole could be a massive metal deposit
It was 'imported' from space via a meteorite impact.
Fake killer asteroid destroys New York City in NASA planetary defense simulation
Don't panic -- this is just a drill.
Half of all water in the oceans may have come from ancient asteroid collisions
The mystery of Earth's water may have been solved by a team of Japanese researchers.
Japanese probe blasts the first artificial crater on an asteroid
The blast might help scientists answer fundamental questions about the solar system's formation.
This new approach to spotting incoming asteroids should keep our planet safe
"With the we can spot objects regardless of their surface color, and use it to measure their sizes ...
Astronomers spy self-destructing asteroid with a twin comet-like tail
A well-known asteroid is spectacularly disintegrating before astronomers' eyes.
New photos from asteroid Bennu reveal stunning surprises
We have a shuttle in outer space, orbiting and asteroid and beaming back data and images. Still seems pretty incredible.
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a meteorite?
The meteorite only lives as it is falling.
‘Oumuamua, our first interstellar visitor, is actually smaller than we thought
The small asteroid also seems to be emanating streams of gas that may explain why it was moving faster than ...
Key ingredient for life on Earth may have come from outer space
Phosphates forged in space made their way to Earth on comets and asteroid.
Japanese rovers beam back more awesome pictures from asteroid’s surface
You can see how the sun moves across the asteroid's horizon.
History in the making: Japan lands two rovers on asteroid
This could give insights on the birth of the Earth, and even the solar system.
Earth may have ‘mini-moons’ that could answer some interesting astronomy
The moon is Earth's only permanent natural satellite, but it may be in the company of tiny asteroids trapped in ...
Most objects in the asteroid belt come from a handful of wrecked ancient planets
Asteroids have families too.
NASA updates its plan to deflect dangerous asteroids
It's the "small" asteroids that we really need to be preparing for.
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