space rocks
Asteroid’s puzzling moon likely formed after a sun-driven quake, study finds
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Dr. Sarah Adams
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers were in ...
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
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Dr. Sarah Adams
The asteroid Apophis, infamous because it’s headed to brush past Earth in 2029, most likely isn’t something to worry about, a new ...
Surprise! Asteroid ‘Dinky’ is actually a double space rock, NASA’s Lucy probe reveals (photo)
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Dr. Sarah Adams
The first-ever asteroid encounter of NASA’s Lucy mission came with a twist, it turns out. On Wednesday (Nov. 1), Lucy zoomed past ...