asteroid
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This is the first comprehensive study to measure how asteroid impacts generated permeability, an important property that allowed fluids to move through the early Earth's crust.
From Science Daily • Jul. 2, 2026
Although relatively small compared to the asteroid linked to the extinction of the dinosaurs, it was still large enough to unleash extraordinary destruction.
From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026
When sunlight warms an asteroid, the surface releases that energy as infrared radiation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
The asteroid formed about 155 million years ago when fragments from a violent collision gradually came together.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Something the size of an asteroid is a brilliant, blinking source of X-rays, visible over interstellar distances.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing asteroid
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Elements of the Universe: Aster, Astro ("Star")
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