asteroid

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In 2020 the Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency sent out Hayabusa2 to learn more about the smallest of asteroids flying around in our Solar System and bring back some samples.

From Space Scoop

The asteroid which wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth was 100 million megatons and during the Sun's maximum activity cycle, he says, we could see CMEs with energy content equal to even more than that.

From BBC

These coordinated observations show that the asteroid is almost three times smaller than earlier estimates and rotates far more rapidly.

From Science Daily

It also indicates that several kinds of tyrannosaurs may have lived side by side during the final million years before the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs.

From Science Daily

NEOs include asteroids, comets, and fragments whose orbits bring them close to Earth's path around the sun.

From Science Daily