Space
Strange three-lobed asteroid seems to have its own tiny moon
The asteroid 44 Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but we are only now finally figuring out its weird shape and mysterious formation
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Earth
Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years
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Space
Asteroid set to fly very close to Earth
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Space
We could protect Earth from dangerous asteroids using a huge magnet
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Space
We鈥檝e spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast
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Space
Private company to land on asteroid Apophis as it flies close to Earth
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Space
The asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life
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Space
NASA changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for the first time
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Space
How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?
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Space
Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery
A pair of nascent planets have been caught smashing together around the nearby star Fomalhaut, and in doing so have solved the puzzle of its famous 鈥榩lanet鈥�
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Space
Chance of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025
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Space
Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it
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We鈥檝e found an unexpected structure in the solar system鈥檚 Kuiper belt
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Chemistry
Why quasicrystals shouldn鈥檛 exist but are turning up in strange places
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