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Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new ...

NASA’s Psyche mission to a $10,000 quadrillion metal asteroid hit a snag with thrust loss, but backup systems offer hope to ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

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