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We should use nukes to deflect asteroids, says astro algorithm
We've never had to deflect an incoming asteroid before it hits Earth, so how do we know the best way to do it? An algorithm says nuclear weapons are the most effective
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Interstellar: The bizarre visitor from a far-off solar system
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Mysterious streaks seen on Saturn鈥檚 moons could be ancient rings
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That interstellar asteroid could be a shard of a shredded planet
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We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it鈥檚 weird
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Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star
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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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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
On its way to collect dust samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA鈥橲 OSIRIS-REx spaceship will slingshot around Earth, passing 17,000 kilometres above Antarctica
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The hottest place ever recorded on Earth’s surface was 2370掳C
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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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Asteroids may have been giant mudballs in the early solar system
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