asteroid
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This prehistoric creature has survived ice ages, the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, and continental drift.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The database could also improve scientists' ability to interpret the history recorded inside meteorites and asteroid fragments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
It may have come from a distant region of the outer Solar System filled with rocky debris, or from the outer part of the asteroid belt near Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
An asteroid absorbs sunlight and later releases that energy as infrared radiation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
“But the moon was supposed to get hit tonight by an asteroid or something. One of my teachers mentioned it. She was going to a meteor party in Central Park to watch.”
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Many asteroids currently found near Earth are believed to have escaped from the asteroid belt through the J3:1 region.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
The theory of panspermia proposes that life, or the ingredients needed for it, can spread throughout the cosmos aboard asteroids, comets, and other rocky objects.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Even relatively small asteroids can have surprisingly eventful histories.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Instead of rotating around a single axis like most asteroids and planets, Donaldjohanson behaves more like a wobbling spinning top.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
The screen was full of floating asteroids and I'd've died in three seconds flat.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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