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The Sciences

Asteroid Mining Gives Companies Hope in the Search for Rare Metals

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Asteroid Has a 1% Chance to Impact Earth in 2032 — Should We Be Worried?

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Astronomers Use JWST To Study a Rare Asteroid-Comet Hybrid Named “Chiron”

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The 2024 Geminid Meteor Shower Is About To Peak — Here’s What to Know

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Major Eocene Asteroid Didn't Change Earth's Climate in the Long Term

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Large Meteor Impacts Can Cause Extinction, But Also May Be Beneficial For Life 

Hypothetical Ring System around a modern Earth

Planet Earth

The Earth Might Have Been a Ringed Planet Long Ago

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Environment

Sensations of Summer Podcast

Close-up images of asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite Selam, taken by NASA Lucy Spacecraft

Astronomers Spot First Conjoined Moon Orbiting an Asteroid 

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Shooting Stars Could Just Be Space Debris Moving at 100,000 Miles Per Hour

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How Did Some Animals Survive the Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs? 

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Did a Dust Plume Kill the Dinosaurs?

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