asteroid
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A new study shows that, at an incredibly small scale, the building blocks inside the asteroid Bennu are not evenly mixed.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
In a classic episode, Elroy goes to an asteroid on a school field trip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Psyche ranks as the 10th-most massive asteroid and the largest known object made primarily of metal, measuring about 140 miles across.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
In their simulations, the asteroid was struck at speeds typical for the asteroid belt, about three miles per second.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
Tom Gehrels, an asteroid hunter at the University of Arizona, thinks that even a year’s warning would probably be insufficient to take appropriate action.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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