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Where did Earth's water come from? This ancient asteroid family may help us find out
The family is part of a larger asteroid that was smashed to pieces 130 million years ago.
Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
A car-sized asteroid flew very close to Earth on Tuesday morning (May 14), just two days after being discovered.
'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft
Asteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts that could race to meet the space rock in April 2029.
Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded
Scientists have calculated the rotational speed of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Berlin earlier this year, by letting it trail in images of the sky. It turns out, 2024 BX1 was spinning faster than any other near-Earth object ever seen.
Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)
Two asteroids are expected to make close but safe approaches to Earth this week, and you can watch them live.
Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.
AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
A new AI software has helped identify more than 27,000 asteroids in our solar system that had been overlooked in telescope images.
Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
Samples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar winds and tiny space rocks have had on the asteroid itself.
