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asteroid

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Scientists plan to bury into an asteroid and blow it up to save Earth
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Scientists plan to bury into an asteroid and blow it up to save Earth

  • July 1, 2026
(AFP/Getty) Scientists have suggested burying a nuclear bomb inside of an asteroid to help save us from destruction.…
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is 12 Billion Years Old, Almost Three Times Older Than the Solar System
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is 12 Billion Years Old, Almost Three Times Older Than the Solar System

  • June 23, 2026
Credit: ESA. One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the…
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The asteroid Donaldjohanson is composed of two heavily cratered lobes, connected by a smoother neck, with overall dimensions 8.8 km by 4.4 km by 3.1 km. Image credit: NASA / Goddard / SwRI / Dan Gallagher.
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Asteroid Donaldjohanson is Wobbly, Peanut-Shaped Object with Watery Past, Scientists Say

  • June 22, 2026
The main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, a heavily cratered fragment born from a catastrophic breakup 155 million years ago, appears…
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A year after her death, Barbie Hsu’s name is now written in the stars after extraordinary asteroid honour
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A year after her death, Barbie Hsu’s name is now written in the stars after extraordinary asteroid honour

  • June 22, 2026
TAIPEI, June 22 — More than a year after her death, Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has received one…
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Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth
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Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth

  • June 19, 2026
PADUA, Italy — A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the…
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Quantifying Surface Heterogeneity Across Asteroid (101955) Bennu using Candidate Site Remote Sensing Data
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Quantifying Surface Heterogeneity Across Asteroid (101955) Bennu using Candidate Site Remote Sensing Data

  • June 14, 2026
Locations of the four candidate sites across a 2D map projection of Bennu’s surface captured by the OSIRIS-REx…
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XRF map of 7.53 g slice of NWA 12593: calcium (Ca) and iron (Fe) illustrate the location and diversity of clasts; sulfur (S) highlights the location of cracks and terrestrial weathering. Image credit: Crow et al., doi: 10.1130/G54386.1.
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Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of Colossal Asteroid Strike

  • June 10, 2026
Planetary scientists analyzing a lunar meteorite known as Northwest Africa (NWA) 12593 have uncovered evidence of an asteroid…
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An 800-Million-Year-Old Impact Shower on the Terrestrial Planets from the Breakup of the Eulalia Parent Body
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An 800-Million-Year-Old Impact Shower on the Terrestrial Planets from the Breakup of the Eulalia Parent Body

  • June 8, 2026
Schematic illustrating the evolutionary stages of the Eulalia asteroid family. (a) The Eulalia parent body resides near the…
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Asteroid Impact Earth Art Concept
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Scientists Just Found Evidence That Asteroids May Have Helped Create Life on Earth

  • May 25, 2026
Researchers in South Korea found ancient stromatolites inside an asteroid impact crater, pointing to a surprising link between…
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​​Through Nasa's Hubble Telescope: A journey across the universe​
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​​Through Nasa’s Hubble Telescope: A journey across the universe​

  • May 20, 2026
The spectacular planetary nebula, NGC 6302, resembling the delicate wings of a cosmic butterfly is located nearly 4,000…
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See Boeing 737-Sized Asteroid Pass Much Closer Than The Moon Tonight
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See Boeing 737-Sized Asteroid Pass Much Closer Than The Moon Tonight

  • May 18, 2026
When at its closest at 4:16 p.m. EDT (20:16 UTC) on June 27, 2011 UL21 will be one…
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NASA: Asteroid to pass Earth within 176 Bulgarias after Eurovision

  • May 17, 2026
An asteroid is set to fly within 176 Bulgarias of the Earth on Monday, May 18, according to…
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