asteroid
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With Mars now behind it, Psyche will resume using its solar-electric propulsion system to continue toward the asteroid belt.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of Mars, using the planet's gravity to gain speed and redirect its path toward the asteroid Psyche.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Researchers suggest that hydrothermal lakes formed by asteroid impacts may have acted as isolated environments where oxygen producing microbes could thrive.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
NASA’s Amit Kshatriya, the man behind Artemis, on the race with China to reach Mars, the asteroid belt and Jupiter’s moons.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The next case housed a Canyon Diablo meteorite, one of many fragments of the asteroid that created the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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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