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Asteroids: What they are and where they come from

Asteroid dust found at Chicxulub Crater confirms cause of dinosaurs’ extinction

Dinkinesh and its contact binary satellites seen just 6 minutes after Lucy came in closest contact with the asteroids. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL

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Surprise! NASA’s Lucy mission uncovered an asteroid moon that is actually two in one

Bennu regolith scattered around the outside of OSIRIS-REx's sample collector

Material collected from Bennu shows signs of abundant water and carbon — components necessary for life

With the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) hiding in the glare of the Sun, illustrated in this artist's impression.

Close calls: How many asteroids have narrowly missed Earth?

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NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior

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Asteroid Ryugu samples found to contain uracil, a key component of RNA

New results from NASA’s DART mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids

Planetary radar reveals detailed view of extra-elongated asteroid

We still can’t protect Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids

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James Webb Space Telescope spies rings around centaur Chariklo

Asteroid 2023 BU just passed within a few thousand miles of Earth