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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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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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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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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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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…

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