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An artist's impression of Psyche

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NASA’s deep-space mission to a $10 quintillion all-metal world

The unique metal asteroid Psyche may be a space miner's fantasy – but there are better reasons to want to visit it, says mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton

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Old rock

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Asteroid strike may have forged the oldest rocks ever found on Earth

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu

Space

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu

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Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

Space

Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid

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An artist's impression of Hayabusa 2

Space

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is gearing up to bomb an asteroid

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NASA outlines its plans to deal with a large asteroid impact

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NASA outlines its plans to deal with a large asteroid impact

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Two meteors in two days lit up the sky in China and Botswana

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Two meteors in two days lit up the sky in China and Botswana

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper

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Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper

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We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids

Space

We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids

More than 900 asteroids hurtling close to Earth were seen just once and then lost. Some may be kilometres across, and they could be just about anywhere

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Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet

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Space

We should use nukes to deflect asteroids, says astro algorithm

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Interstellar: The bizarre visitor from a far-off solar system

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Mysterious streaks seen on Saturn’s moons could be ancient rings

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