asteroid

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In 2020 the Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency sent out Hayabusa2 to learn more about the smallest of asteroids flying around in our Solar System and bring back some samples.

From Space Scoop

The asteroid which wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth was 100 million megatons and during the Sun's maximum activity cycle, he says, we could see CMEs with energy content equal to even more than that.

From BBC

These coordinated observations show that the asteroid is almost three times smaller than earlier estimates and rotates far more rapidly.

From Science Daily

The basic gist of many of them was, ‘NASA says an asteroid could hit Earth on Valentine’s Day 2046.’

From Scientific American

The Psyche mission that was going to rendezvous with an asteroid, for example, was delayed in June 2022, partially because of understaffing.

From Scientific American