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Earth

Spacecraft reveal the mysteries of the solar system's space rocks

Three spacecraft have been gathering a treasure trove of information about the solar system's space rocks, helping us understand how Earth and the other planets formed

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Asteroid Bennu

Space

Asteroid Bennu is spewing out dust and rocks to create its own moons

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Asteroid Ryugu

Space

Asteroid Ryugu is so dry we may have to rethink how Earth got water

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A meteor

Physics

Huge meteor explosion over Earth last year went unnoticed until now

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'Oumuamua

Space

Earth may be partly made of rocks from elsewhere in the galaxy

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Space

Space exploration needs minnows as much as superpowers

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Hyabusa 2

Space

Japan's Hayabusa 2 may finally kick-start the asteroid mining era

Insight

$Interstellar ‘Oumuamua might be a fractal snowflake not an alien probe$

Space

Interstellar ‘Oumuamua might be a fractal snowflake not an alien probe

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

Space

Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

Space

Moon craters reveal surprise rise in asteroid shrapnel pelting Earth

Craters on the moon show that it and Earth faced a massive increase in large meteorite strikes about 290 million years ago, which could have endangered life on the planet

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Space

Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

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Space

NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

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Space

First close-up look shows asteroid Bennu is a holey watery world

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Space

Interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua slipped by NASA space telescope unseen

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