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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...
Bizarre Asteroid Belt Object Could Contain Water From the Birth of the Solar System
SYFY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIf you’re looking for longform science fiction which feels rooted in reality, it’s hard to find a...
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...
Asteroids may have picked up building blocks of life from interstellar clouds
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoa colorful cloud of gas in space New research has found that interstellar clouds may have played a...
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...