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Chinese scientists unveil six-legged robot for future asteroid and lunar mining

SpaceDaily 20 Mar 2025
... aiming to revolutionize how space mining is conducted on the moon and asteroids.
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Asteroid, Twice The Size Of Taj Mahal, Hurtling Towards Earth: NASA

News18 20 Mar 2025
The asteroid, which is approximately twice the size of Taj Mahal, belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth objects (NEOs) and is classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) ... .
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NASA Tracking Airplane-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

Newsweek 20 Mar 2025
Asteroid "2021 FH1" is set to whizz pass the Earth on March 21 at a zippy 30,959 miles past hour ....
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NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027

The Hill 20 Mar 2025
a spacecraft targeting asteroids. A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA's high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet ... asteroids and comets that could harm Earth.
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Astronomers Uncover Hidden Birthplaces of Meteorites and Asteroids

Newsweek 19 Mar 2025
"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer ....
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Astronomers Used Meteorites to Create a Geological Map of the Main Asteroid Belt

Universe Today 19 Mar 2025
Astronomers Used Meteorites to Create a Geological Map of the Main Asteroid Belt .
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Meteorite origins mapped to regions of asteroid belt

SpaceDaily 19 Mar 2025
... meteorite types to specific, previously unknown regions within the asteroid belt.
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New Modeling Assesses Age of Next Target Asteroid for NASA's Lucy

SpaceDaily 18 Mar 2025
Although NASA's Lucy spacecraft's upcoming encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses a threat to Earth. Here's why scientists want to ...

Space 18 Mar 2025
Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to help us understand these space rocks ....
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