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Tiny meteorite found in Antarctica came from an unknown asteroid

A tiny meteorite found in Antarctica doesn’t match any asteroid or comet we know of. Instead, it must have come from a mystery parent body that’s full of water

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Hayabusa-2 asteroid Ryugu

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Bombing asteroid Ryugu reveals it is a spritely 9 million years old

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Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

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Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

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Did an asteroid impact 65 million years ago really kill the dinosaurs?

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Grazing fireball

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‘Grazing fireball’ skimmed Earth's atmosphere then went back to space

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Celestial time travel: How asteroids can reveal the history of space

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Celestial time travel: How asteroids can reveal the history of space

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Michele Bannister

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The inside story on 'Oumuamua and other interstellar worlds

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Meteor Crater, Arizona

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SPHERE image of Hygiea

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Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet

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Composite image of Borisov

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We can send a probe to interstellar comet Borisov – but not until 2030

Astronomers are racing to learn about only the second interstellar object ever seen. We now know it contains cyanide gas – and we could send a probe to visit it

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Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

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Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

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How to defend Earth from asteroids

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