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Asteroids

Asteroid strike

Earth

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs hit just right for maximum damage

The asteroid impact that formed Chicxulub crater and is linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs seems to have come in at the optimal angle to cause as much destruction as possible

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Space

We may have found 19 more interstellar asteroids in our solar system

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Asteroid

Space

Tiny meteorite found in Antarctica came from an unknown asteroid

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Hayabusa-2 asteroid Ryugu

Space

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

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Life

Inside the mission to stop killer asteroids from smashing into Earth

Features

Earth

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

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Grazing fireball

Space

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

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Space

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

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Michele Bannister
Space

The inside story on ‘Oumuamua and other interstellar worlds

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Meteor Crater, Arizona

Meteorites

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system.

Space

Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet

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Space

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

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Space

Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

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Space

Interstellar object ‘Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

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