Asteroid Ryugu samples suggest presence of salty water in outer solar system
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.
Threat of newly-discovered asteroid hitting Earth has risen
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...
Scientists Uncover Ancient Salt Deposits on Asteroid Ryugu – Was There Water?
Deposits Found on a Nearby Asteroid Point to Salty Water in the Outer Solar System Scientists have uncovered salt minerals in ...
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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
There are so many asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter — millions of them — that this region is known as the main asteroid belt. They sometimes get pushed out of the belt and can end up ...
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The Asteroid That Will Be Forever Changed By Passing Near Earth
As far as astronomers know, there are more than 1.4 million asteroids in our solar system, and most of them orbit the sun in the asteroid belt between ... asteroids to the Apollo group.
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How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
(AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ... NASA’s Artemis program, the ...
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School bus-sized asteroid found to be fragment of the Moon
The asteroid's reflectance spectrum matches the characteristics of lunar rocks collected during the Luna 24, Apollo 14 ... "The possibility that this belt is made of lunar debris is indeed ...