asteroid
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the asteroid, collected material from its surface, and successfully delivered the samples to Earth in 2023.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
It also uncovered a close chemical relationship between Bennu, the asteroid Ryugu, and a rare group of primitive meteorites known as CI meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
They are typically generated when a sudden disturbance, such as an earthquake, underwater landslide, or asteroid impact, rapidly displaces the water above it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
When scientists first identified the formation in 2002, several features suggested that it had been created by a high-speed collision with an asteroid or comet.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
An asteroid could have hit the planet and wiped out all life, and Annabeth wouldn’t have cared.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
For years, researchers generally believed that primitive asteroids like Bennu originated in the outer Solar System, perhaps in the same distant regions where comets formed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Their chemical signatures also differ substantially from those of other known asteroids, meteorite groups, and planets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The "capture" hypothesis, meanwhile, postulates that the moons are asteroids pulled in by Mars's gravity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Or the moons are two wandering asteroids from the outer Solar System, which were grabbed by the Red Planet's gravity.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
It blinds us to the stars, the satellites, the asteroids.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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