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The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?
Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...
NASA update on 'airplane sized' asteroid and when it will make 'close approach' to Earth
An asteroid the "size of an aeroplane" is expected to pass by Earth in the coming days. The space rock named 2025 OW will ...
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Two hypotheses about the origin of asteroid Vesta - MSN
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy revives the debate about the origin of Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter. Thanks to data from the Dawn probe ...
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New research shatters long-held beliefs about asteroid Vesta
For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a ...
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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Just Flew by a Strange, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid ...
The close-up views of asteroid Donaldjohanson are a preview of what’s to come for Lucy on its 12-year quest to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids Sara Hashemi - Daily Correspondent April 23, 2025 ...