asteroid
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Missile defense systems, orbital data centers, asteroid mining and Mars colonies: The final frontier beckons with untold riches and glory that Rocket Lab and others are racing to claim.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Last summer, a NASA-funded asteroid impact warning system detected a mysterious object speeding through the solar system.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
SpaceX’s plans, according to its recent regulatory filings, include asteroid mining and a colony on Mars.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
"We discovered a clear connection between these distant moons and the early Earth, where high concentrations of hydrogen through asteroid impacts could have created the conditions for life."
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
My avatar needed a stronghold, and I didn’t want any neighbors, so I’d bought the cheapest planetoid I could find—this tiny barren asteroid in Sector Fourteen.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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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