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How Bits Of Asteroid Ryugu Were Shipped To NASA?
NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
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Earth's First Planetary Defense
Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect us. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins AP ...
NASA tracks a giant, 100-foot, airplane-sized asteroid set for a close encounter with Earth today
YZ9 is set to approach Earth on 6 January. The asteroid is about 100 feet wide, similar to a large aircraft. It will travel at 19,091 miles per hour. At its closest, ...
Asteroid-comet hybrid stuns scientists: ‘Like nothing we’ve seen before’
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
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This Strange Comet-Asteroid Hybrid Is Like Nothing Else in The Solar System
In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...