Asteroid
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NASA detected asteroid just before it hit the Earth, exploded in the sky
Spotting and tracking large asteroids is easy, but scientists have a weak spot when it comes to detecting smaller asteroids.
On June 22, a lightning...
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Asteroid with its own moon will pass by Earth this weekend
The asteroid with the number 66391 (also known as 1999 KW4) is what is known as a Near Earth Asteroid because its orbit around...
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Earth vs. asteroids: humans strike back
Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left our own mark on an asteroid for the...
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx captured first glimpse of Asteroid Bennu
After almost 2 years of Journey, NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) captured a first of an asteroid Bennu. Bennu...
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Astronomers discovered Exiled asteroid in outer reaches of solar system
Using ESO telescope, astronomers discovered an unusual Kuiper Belt Object 2004 EW95 is a carbon-rich asteroid while investigating a relic of the primordial Solar System....