asteroid
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NASA’s Amit Kshatriya, the man behind Artemis, on the race with China to reach Mars, the asteroid belt and Jupiter’s moons.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
NASA’s Amit Kshatriya, the man behind Artemis, on the race with China to reach Mars, the asteroid belt and Jupiter’s moons.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
We would hop into flying “aero sedans” that folded into briefcases and take holidays on an asteroid.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
When debris first separates from an asteroid or comet, the fragments stay tightly grouped together.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
By the early 1900s, it had often become impossible to know whether an asteroid that popped into view was new or simply one that had been noted earlier and then lost track of.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing asteroid
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Elements of the Universe: Aster, Astro ("Star")
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