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Asteroid Discovery

Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system

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This article was written by Rebecca Boyle for the New Scientist which is not affiliated with Asteroid Day. A cast-off crumb from the solar system’s early days has wound its way back towards…

You Could Actually Snooze Your Way Through an Asteroid Belt

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This article was written by KENNETH CHANG for the New York Times. Read the original article, here. The New York Times is not affiliated with Asteroid Day. Misconception: In an asteroid belt,…

Early Mars bombardment likely enhanced life-supporting habitat

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This article was published by the University of Colorado Boulder which is not affiliated with Asteroid Day. Comets and asteroids as large as West Virginia smacking into Mars some 4…

International Space Station receives asteroid “dust” experiment

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This article was written by Brendan Byrne for WMFE.org. Neither are affiliated with Asteroid Day. NASA wants to explore the surface of asteroids, and private companies want to mine them for…

Asteroid barrage may have birthed a short-lived ocean on Mars

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Mars may once have had an ocean – but only for a geological blink of an eye, which puts a dampener on ideas that there is or was life on…