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Meteor Crater, Arizona

Definition

Meteorites

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system.

SPHERE image of Hygiea

Space

Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet

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Composite image of Borisov

Space

We can send a probe to interstellar comet Borisov – but not until 2030

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In this picture taken on July 10, 2019 a man walks past a screen displaying a computer-generated image of the Hayabusa2 probe, during a news broadcast at Akihabara district in Tokyo. - Japan's Hayabusa2 probe landed successfully on a distant asteroid for a final touchdown on July 11, 2019, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system

Space

Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

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'Oumuamua

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Interstellar object 'Oumuamua almost definitely not aliens, we think

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

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How to defend Earth from asteroids

How to defend Earth from asteroids

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An artist impression of the asteroid

Space

We’ve spotted a strange asteroid that’s spinning itself to pieces

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Asteroid Itokawa

Space

Surprisingly wet asteroid dust could spark a rethink of Earth's water

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Life

Working hypothesis: From slow ramblers to asteroid Ryugu

Working hypothesis: From slow ramblers to asteroid Ryugu

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Space

Japan's Hayabusa 2 bombed an asteroid and took pictures of the crater

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Space

An interstellar rock may have hit Earth in 2014 but nobody noticed

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Space

NASA traced a meteorite back to its original home in deep space

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Space

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft just bombed an asteroid

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