Asteroid
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Politics
NASA’s Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Altered Its Shape
A new study using simulations suggests the impact in 2022 transformed the space rock into an M&M-like flat-top oval.
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Politics
The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last
AstroForge, a private company, wants to mine a space rock, but it doesn’t want the competition to find out which…
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World
The Smallest Moon of Mars May Not Be What It Seemed
New high-resolution images of tiny Deimos taken by an Emirati orbiter suggest that it may not be the captured asteroid…
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Politics
Newly Discovered Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth Tonight
First detected just days ago, 2023 BU will approach within 2,200 miles of our planet’s surface before moving on.
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Politics
The Mysterious Comets That Hide in the Asteroid Belt
What do you expect to find in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter? Unsurprisingly, asteroids — millions of bits…