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

Aside from the occasional asteroid or comet impact, most larger objects stick to their orbital lanes.

From New York Times

It's still running and now studying strange objects in the Kuiper belt, a disc of material that circles the Solar System, sort of like the asteroid belt.

From Salon