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We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids

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We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids

More than 900 asteroids hurtling close to Earth were seen just once and then lost. Some may be kilometres across, and they could be just about anywhere

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Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet

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Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet

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We should use nukes to deflect asteroids, says astro algorithm

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We should use nukes to deflect asteroids, says astro algorithm

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Oumuamua

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Interstellar: The bizarre visitor from a far-off solar system

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Mysterious streaks seen on Saturn’s moons could be ancient rings

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Mysterious streaks seen on Saturn’s moons could be ancient rings

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That interstellar asteroid could be a shard of a shredded planet

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That interstellar asteroid could be a shard of a shredded planet

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We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it’s weird

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We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it’s weird

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Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

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Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

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Dawn

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Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

Don’t feel so bad for losing your keys. Astronomers somehow lost a huge space rock first seen 22 years ago – and it’s far from the first cosmic object to go missing

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The mysterious bright spots on Ceres may have a common origin

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

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Earth

The hottest place ever recorded on Earth's surface was 2370°C

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Earth

Asteroid Florence buzzes Earth in closest fly-by since 1890

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