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We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it’s weird

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We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it’s weird

Our first detailed glimpse at ‘Oumuamua, the interstellar asteroid that recently flew by Earth, shows it’s one of the weirdest asteroids we’ve ever seen

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Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

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Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

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Dawn

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Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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A 300-kilometre space rock has vanished since we saw it in 1995

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Craters on Ceres

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The mysterious bright spots on Ceres may have a common origin

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

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Hottest place

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The hottest place ever recorded on Earth's surface was 2370°C

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An asteroid named after Florence Nightingale whizzed past Earth on 1 September

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Asteroid Florence buzzes Earth in closest fly-by since 1890

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Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

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Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

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Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system

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Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system

Asteroids could have started life as sludgy balls of mud instead of tough rocks, which may explain how rocky planets came to be

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How Jupiter split the asteroid belt in two shows its great age

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Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star

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What vision of doom made Hawking seek a faster Earth exit plan?

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Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system's history

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