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Rare red asteroids around Neptune could reveal the secrets of the early solar system
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists have observed that some of Neptune's Trojan asteroids are deep red, possibly revealing...
What's the smallest known asteroid? What about the largest?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoField of asteroids with space background and glowing orange shiny star. Asteroids constantly zoom...
NASA's Psyche metal asteroid mission launches this week: Here's what you need to know
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNASA's Psyche spacecraft is set to launch on Oct. 12, beginning its mission to investigate a giant...
Scientists Found Water on Asteroids—and the Potential for E.T. Life Just Got Real
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 3 months agoScientists Found Water on AsteroidsScience Photo Library - ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI - Getty Images...
We’ve Found 23 Places in Our Solar System That Definitely (Maybe) Have Water
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 1 year agoOur Solar System’s moons and planets have water—in the form of ice, vapor, and even oceans....
This Rare Asteroid May Be Worth 70,000 Times the Global Economy. Now NASA Is Sending a Spaceship to...
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA’s mission to an asteroid that could be worth 70,000 times the global economy is expected to...
How long can an asteroid 'survive'?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAsteroid exploding in space into lots of little pieces. In October 2020, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached the asteroid Bennu. The probe, which had...
Ryugu asteroid mission suggests space rocks could have made life possible on Earth
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSpace rocks could have made life on Earth possible, according to a breakthrough new study that...
Asteroid Phaethon's mysterious tail may finally have an explanation
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The asteroid’s surface gets so...
Key building block for life discovered on distant asteroid Ryugu — and it could explain how life on...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn animation of asteroid Ryugu made with images from JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission. For the first time,...