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Asteroid

Tiny meteorite found in Antarctica came from an unknown asteroid

24 March 2020

A tiny meteorite found in Antarctica doesn’t match any asteroid or comet we know of. Instead, it must have come from a mystery parent body that’s full of water
Hayabusa-2 asteroid Ryugu

Bombing asteroid Ryugu reveals it is a spritely 9 million years old

19 March 2020

The Hayabusa-2 spacecraft bombed the asteroid Ryugu in April. Analysing the crater it left behind suggests Ryugu is a relative youngster at 9 million years old

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