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NASA’s DART Mission Deflected an Asteroid – But Unleashed a Swarm of Space Boulders
Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...
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Why This 5-KM Asteroid Is Called Earth’s ‘Second Moon’
Crinia is a unique 5-kilometer asteroid that shares Earth’s orbit in a rare one-to-one rhythm. Despite its nickname as Earth’s “second moon, ” it actually orbits the sun with a looping path that ...
Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids
Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution ...
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Asteroid Three Times Larger Than a Football Field Zooms Past Earth Today
Today, the sky holds an exciting spectacle as 2025 MA90, an asteroid approximately 280 feet in diameter, makes its close ...