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A near-Earth asteroid may actually be a chunk of the Moon blasted into orbit! A quasi-satellite follows Earth around the Sun. By Phil Plait 3 hours ago
How comets spawn could finally be demystified by a possible mission to a Centaur Researchers are now proposing a mission that will watch a Centaur evolve from asteroid to comet. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 week ago
Why is the asteroid Bennu’s surface rocky and not smooth? Small asteroids may be more like demolition pits than beaches By Phil Plait 1 week ago
Asteroids almost kept Earth from having an atmosphere Asteroid impacts almost made Earth an inhospitable planet; impact vapors stripped oxygen from the atmosphere. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 week ago
Primates' behavioral flexibility helped them survive dino-killing asteroid Primates had a sort of open relationship with trees By Cassidy Ward 2 weeks ago
Lucy's New Horizons DNA levels up to next-gen tech for asteroid closeups When NASA’s Lucy mission does arrive at the Trojan asteroids in 2027, how will it see them? By Elizabeth Rayne 2 weeks ago
The Trojan asteroids are prehistoric planetary bones unlike any we've seen before NASA’s Lucy mission will explore some ancient cosmic fossils known as the Trojan asteroids By Elizabeth Rayne 2 weeks ago
Psyche is an asteroid that might have been the ancient core of a wrecked planet — or was it? By Elizabeth Rayne 4 weeks ago
