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Scientists suggest a shattered asteroid near Jupiter's gravitational gateway may have bombarded Earth 800 million years ago.
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has identified its next objective: a small, 11-meter near-Earth asteroid known as Torifune.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has completed a high-speed Mars flyby to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid potentially worth quadrillions of dollars.
New images from the Hayabusa-2 probe confirm that asteroid Torifune is a contact binary, a two-part structure resembling conjoined space rocks.
China's Tianwen-2 probe has reached asteroid 2016 HO3 (Kamo’oalewa) to conduct scientific exploration and collect a sample.
New research suggests a prolonged barrage of asteroids melted Earth's initial crust and may have played a role in sparking life.