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
In the show The Expanse, people try using a spaceship to direct an asteroid into the sun. Would this even work? The post
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The Arecibo Radio Telescope faces extinction—just like humans, if we can't see the space rocks about to hit us. The post
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Until asteroid mining companies can actually mine asteroids, they're staying solvent by playing in Earth's orbit. The post
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