asteroid

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A new study shows that, at an incredibly small scale, the building blocks inside the asteroid Bennu are not evenly mixed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

In a classic episode, Elroy goes to an asteroid on a school field trip.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"One of our main findings was that the porosity -- the amount of empty space inside the asteroid -- plays a significant role in how these craters form," said Baijal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Some of these appeared fewer than 2,000 years after the asteroid strike, marking the start of a long recovery that would gradually restore biodiversity over the next 10 million years.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

The asteroid isn’t going to pass harmlessly by.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson