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Could this asteroid be a piece of the Moon? A Chinese spacecraft is about to find out
Why was the early Earth so hot? The heat wasn’t just coming from the inside
Asteroid assault made ancient Earth too hot and chaotic for continents to form
Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth precisely dated to 3 billion years
12 billion years old, this interstellar comet is older than our Solar System
Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky
A meteorite impact may have once rained gold on Western Australia – new study
Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life
Five Aussie Animals That Could Be Extinct By 2050
How do we know what asteroids are made out of?
UW astronomers spot record-breaking asteroid in Rubin Observatory data
Gallery Of Young Debris Disks Around Distant Stars
Nanotyrannus Confirmed: Dueling Dinosaurs Fossil Rewrites the Story of T. rex
Cosmic glass found only in Australia reveals ancient asteroid impact
Could the latest ‘interstellar comet’ be an alien probe? Why spotting cosmic visitors is harder than you think
Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System
Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity
In what order did the planets in our solar system form?
Taking Close Look At Asteroid
Glass Beads Offer Window Into Moon’s Hidden Depths
How Was Earth Built?
Scientists May Have Solved Puzzling Space Rock Mystery
Giant glaciers pulverised Earth’s ancient rocks, setting the stage for complex life
What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System
Apophis: a new European space mission could get up close with a large asteroid that’s set to brush by Earth
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects
NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries
Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon. It won’t be the first (or the last)
Black Spot Upgrades Deliver Safer Roads For WA
A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal – how scientists proved it from a single finger bone
Dwarf Planet Ceres: Origin In Asteroid Belt?
Snowball Earth: how we discovered unique Scottish rocks record when Earth was first encased in ice
Key To Rapid Planet Formation
Asteroid rocks begin to reveal our solar system’s origins
Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only one moon while other planets have hundreds
Why evolution often favours small animals and other organisms
Exploring Asteroid Apophis With Small Satellites
Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?
A Nasa mission that collided with an asteroid didn’t just leave a dent – it reshaped the space rock
Stargazer’s guide to heavenly events in 2024
Records of Cometary Dust Hitting Asteroid Ryugu
Organic compounds in asteroids formed in colder regions of space: study
Ryugu Samples Illuminate Terrestrial Weathering Effects on Primitive Meteorites
The Geminids: the year’s best meteor shower is upon us. And this one will be a true spectacle
The University of Manchester to receive and study sample of asteroid Bennu as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission
Curtin ready to analyse rare asteroid rocks from epic NASA mission
New evidence suggests the world’s largest known asteroid impact structure is buried deep in southeast Australia
‘City killers’ and half-giraffes: how many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year?

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