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# Asteroid

Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files, China's Tianwen-2 reaches its asteroid target, and more science stories - Engadget

Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files, China's Tianwen-2 reaches its asteroid target, and more science stories Catch up on the most interesting science news from the last week.

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Massive asteroid the size of multiple Empire State Buildings is zipping past Earth this weekend

NEW YORK — A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses no danger. The space rock — 1997 NC1 — makes its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1. 6 million miles (2.

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Backbone of Ramses asteroid mission stands tall

Construction of ESA’s Ramses asteroid mission has begun in a cleanroom in Bremen, Germany. The spacecraft’s central tube is now completed, around which other structural components are being assembled in time for Ramses…

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Space ·last mo.

3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth

The oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth was created 3. 02 billion years ago in what's now Western Australia — not far from where we've seen the oldest traces of life on our planet.

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Large asteroid to pass Earth, visible in small telescopes!

Watch a large asteroid safely pass Earth A 1-kilometer-wide (0. 6-mile-wide) asteroid will soar past Earth this week, and those with small telescopes will be able to watch it fly by.

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Happy Asteroid Day! Prize-Winning Plan Focuses on Space Infrastructure

For decades, astronomers and policymakers have been working on plans to protect our planet from killer asteroids. But now there’s a new realm to protect: the thousands of satellites we’re putting in orbit.

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Asteroid Donaldjohanson is Wobbly, Peanut-Shaped Object with Watery Past, Scientists Say | Sci.News

The main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, a heavily cratered fragment born from a catastrophic breakup 155 million years ago, appears to wobble through space while preserving clues to the migration of water-rich worlds in…

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Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by last year

Last year, NASA's Lucy spacecraft encountered a bi-lobed asteroid that is a chunk of an even larger rocky body that was smashed apart in an almighty collision 155 million years ago.