Asteroid Ryugu samples suggest presence of salty water in outer solar system
Ryugu, a 900-meter diameter asteroid in the Apollo belt, has recently proven useful in our search for signs of life's ...
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AI to power China’s mission to the edges of the solar system
Researchers are examining how artificial intelligence technologies could support a planned Chinese mission to the boundaries ...
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China’s Tianwen-2 mission probe arrives at launch center, set for asteroid sample return mission in first half of year
The mission will carry out several tasks in a single launch, including a flyby of asteroid 2016 HO3, sample collection, return and main-belt comet ... from the early solar system, making it ...
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Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
Scientists believe they're the leftovers from the solar system's formation 4.6 billion ... that this region is known as the main asteroid belt. They sometimes get pushed out of the belt and ...