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AI Finds Nearly 30,000 Unknown Asteroids in Existing Telescope Photos

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Each green dot in this image is one of the asteroids that data scientists located with their new AI algorithm. The asteroids ...

Rare OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample debuts at Space Center Houston

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Move over, moon rocks: Space Center Houston has a new type of space stone in its showcase. The official visitor center for ...

NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Asteroid As It Approaches Earth

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, this series of images was captured by ...

NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A stadium-sized asteroid tumbled harmlessly past Earth this month as a powerful NASA radar system watched. Asteroid 2008 OS7 passed by Earth ...

An asteroid the size of a BUS will skim past Earth today

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Dr. Sarah Adams

An asteroid the size of a bus will skim past Earth today – but experts have reassured that there is no cause ...

How NASA Surpassed Expectations With Asteroid Bennu

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A view of eight sample trays containing the final material from asteroid Bennu. The dust and rocks were poured into the trays ...

Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, revealing new clues about the distribution of ...

NASA Data Detects Water on Asteroids for the First Time Ever

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Water has been found on the surface of two asteroids for the first time, scientists said in a new paper. Two silicate-rich ...

Asteroid Impact Near Berlin Reveals Rare Aubrite Treasures

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, photographed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Laura Kranich, a Freie Universität MSc student and ...

Skyscraper-size asteroid will buzz Earth on Friday, safely passing within 1.7 million miles

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. ...