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

But when it comes to saving the world from asteroid strikes, lines of code may prove to be our savior.

From New York Times

Even with England's unprecedented fast-scoring approach over the previous year, few would have predicted that Australia would managed only 34 maidens in the entire series without the assistance of a world-ending asteroid strike.

From BBC