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Did the Seeds of Life Ride to Earth Inside an Asteroid?
Nearly a hundred different types of amino acids have been observed in meteorites, but only a dozen of the 20…
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Newly discovered asteroid makes one of the closest approaches of Earth | CNN
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Spacecraft are heading to a metal asteroid and Jupiter’s moons in 2023
The JUICE and Psyche mission are set to blast off in 2023, with the aim of studying Jupiter’s largest moons…
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Dinosaurs were in their prime, not in decline, when fateful asteroid hit
Paleontologists agree that a massive asteroid strike triggered the end of the dinosaurs, but a debate has persisted over the…
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Hazardous asteroid hunters are searching for the “city killers”
This week, astronomers announced the discovery of three previously unknown near-Earth asteroids that had been hiding in the glare of…
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‘Planet killer’ asteroid could be far-off threat to Earth: astronomers
A “planet killer” asteroid that could one day cross paths with Earth was spotted by astronomers in the sun’s glare,…
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Monstrous asteroid to speed by Earth next week
A large “potentially hazardous asteroid” is expected to swing fewer than six lunar distances from Earth at the beginning of next…
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NASA proved it can deflect an asteroid. But spotting them is tricky.
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Hubble shows view of ‘unexpected’ twin tail created by NASA spacecraft slamming into asteroid | CNN
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Bam! NASA Says DART Really Clocked That Asteroid
Two weeks ago, the asteroid Dimorphos was minding its own business, quietly orbiting around its partner Didymos, when suddenly NASA’s…
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