asteroid
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An international team led by the University of Bern has found evidence that a single asteroid collision may have dramatically reshaped Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Little Prince, who lives on a house-sized asteroid, recounts his travels to different planets and shares solemn wisdom about life’s challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
JAXA's Hayabusa 2 mission brought material back from asteroid Ryugu, while NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
"Asteroids are a really interesting challenge in many ways. It's unusual for an asteroid to come out of nowhere," explained Nash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even if every asteroid in the solar system had a name and known orbit, no one could say what perturbations might send any of them hurtling toward us.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The "capture" hypothesis meanwhile postulates that the moons are asteroids from the outer Solar System that were captured by Mars' gravity.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
This occurs when the Earth passes through trials of debris from asteroids or comets.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Scientists are particularly interested in how water influenced the chemistry of primitive asteroids.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Some asteroids are carbonaceous, meaning they contain carbon and water ice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
They talked about asteroids, volcanoes, and melting ice caps.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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