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According to NASA, asteroids are inactive bodies made of all the rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the ...

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high. As ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth is hitting the auction block and the estimated price for the 54-pound rock is ...

Ted Stryk's work was recognized by the International Astronomical Union, which names bodies in the solar system.

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When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.

The meteorite is believed to have been blown off the surface of Mars by an asteroid strike before traveling 140 million miles ...