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Airplane-sized asteroid buzzed Earth at 28,000 mph
One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted ...
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Scientists find secret comet in the asteroid belt - MSN
A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...
When NASA's Dawn mission arrived at Ceres in 2015, scientists and the general public got their first detailed look at this ...
While there’s no direct evidence of extraterrestrial life on Ceres (or anyplace but Earth), a new study published in Science Advances suggests Ceres may have had conditions suitable for life between 4 ...
A sample of the Bennu asteroid is making headlines two years after the sample was delivered. Bennu is rich in carbon, ...
The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the ...
A new study based on data from NASA's Dawn mission suggests that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, may have ...
Ceres is a small, cold dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but billions of years ago it could have ...
In a paper published in Nature on Dec. 9, they report the discovery of 138 asteroids smaller than 328 feet across (100 meters) — the smallest ever detected in the main asteroid belt.
Comets masquerading as asteroids are being found in increasing numbers, with 14 now known in the asteroid belt.
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NASA reveals the dwarf planet Ceres had a hidden 'energy source' that may have sparked alien life
New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life ...
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