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the history of our solar system can be likened to a picture of unpredictable change.

not one, but two asteroids alone passed earth at close range - not so close, of course, that they could threaten the planet's survival, but enough for scientists to can clearly

called 2023 dw, the asteroid is about the same size as a standard olympic swimming pool.

asteroids are rocky, airless bodies that orbit the sun. asteroids are smaller than planets but larger than meteorites and are not comets.

recently, nasa's center for near-earth objects (cneos) jet propulsion laboratory released a map that collects data on asteroids and meteorites that have hit earth over the past 33

the asteroid is called jf1 and nasa scientists predict that it will be in contact with earth on may 6, 2022.

the destination of osiris-rex is the asteroid bennu whose mission is to find the origin of life as well as the origin of the solar system. but why did nasa choose bennu as a model

the hubble space telescope just observed a strange object in the solar system. although the two asteroids move around each other, it carries a number of characteristics such as