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
Mr. Kshatriya describes the moon as a pit stop on “the great odyssey to Mars”—and then “to the asteroid belt and to the Jovian 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
In my March 2026 study published in the Astrophysical Journal, I searched through millions of meteor observations looking for evidence of previously unknown asteroid activity near Earth.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Her mind lit with memories, each one falling like an asteroid, flashing in the dark.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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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