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UAE to land a probe on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter in 2034
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe United Arab Emirates just provided new details about its planned asteroid mission, which will...
Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...
What to Know About NASA's Unprecedented Psyche Mission to a Metallic Asteroid
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky...
Meet Dinkinesh: Asteroid targeted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets a marvelous name
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA size comparison of Dinkinesh (shown in blue) and other main asteroid belt objects Bennu and (2867)...
NASA’s Lucy mission went to visit an asteroid and got more than it bargained for
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating...
UAE's ambitious asteroid mission will tour 7 space rocks
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's illustration of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the main destination of the...
How many potentially dangerous asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis artist concept catastrophic collisions between asteroids located in the belt between Mars and...
Metal asteroid Psyche has a ridiculously high 'value.' But what does that even mean?
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA large gray space rock with large craters on the surface and patches of brown material. . You might...
An asteroid loaded with $10 quintillion worth of metals edges closer to US reach
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoThe asteroid, known as 16 Psyche, is thought to be made up of $10 quintillion worth of gold, iron,...
Astronomers spy new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like dwarf planet Ceres
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis image of the dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015, approximates how the...