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    Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, that may be asteroids captured by the planet’s gravity.

    reddish, lumpy Phobos
    smoother, smaller Deimos
  4. 30 Jun 2021

    It’s ! Can you spot the photobombers in this Hubble image? 🤔 🔍 Sneaking their way into this view of galaxy cluster Abell 370, several asteroids are seen streaking across this faraway galactic vista. 🔗:

  5. 30 Jun 2021

    It's ! Learn how our planetary defense experts track & monitor these rocky remnants from the beginning of our solar system: 🛰️ Bonus: meet our upcoming asteroid missions Lucy, Psyche, & DART!

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  7. See how music is a powerful tool that will help you celebrate in many ways.

  8. 30 Jun 2021

    Today is apparently? Say hello to Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona! Formed ~50,000 years ago by an iron-nickel impactor about 50 meters in size. NASA astronauts trained in the crater in the 1960s-70s to prepare for the Apollo Moon missions. 🚀

    Photograph of me standing next to Meteor Crater, a large impact crater in Northern Arizona.
  9. Luis Alvarez, received the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research in elementary particle physics. However he is probably more famous for publishing the theory that the dinosaurs became extinct after an asteroid collided with Earth 65 million years ago.

  10. 30 Jun 2021
    Orbit and position of the asteroid 165347 Philplait
  11. 30 Jun 2021

    There are more than 1 million known asteroids in our solar system. On , take a look at the scars that a few of them have left on .

    This is an image of asteroid Ida.
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  12. At NASA, every day is ! From our missions exploring asteroids – some even returning samples to Earth – to the efforts to find and track near-Earth objects and protect our planet from potential impact hazards, we're always looking to the skies:

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  13. 30 Jun 2021

    ☄️ news: Our NEOWISE space telescope has been given a two-year mission extension to continue searching for asteroids and comets. To date, it's made confirmed infrared observations of approximately 39,100 objects in our solar system:

    Illustration of the NEOWISE spacecraft with Earth and Sun and starry sky in background
  14. 30 Jun 2021

    Bennu and friends, today about you! Happy ! 🎉🎉 Does anyone else out in the universe think there should be an asteroid emoji?

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  16. Our Mission spent two-and-a-half years at asteroid Bennu, the smallest world to ever be orbited. Track its path in space as it surveyed and then sampled Bennu.

  17. Apr 21

    The answer is no. If there were two dangerous asteroids heading for Earth, you would hear it from NASA, not from obscure online clickbait media. This is irresponsible reporting. Don't reward HT Tech with clicks.

  18. The , launching later this year, planned to visit seven asteroids – already the largest number for any space mission. And then, an unexpected discovery added one more target to the list.

  19. An asteroid with a magnetic personality? 🧲 NASA’s team will measure the asteroid Psyche’s magnetic field using a highly sensitive magnetometer aboard the spacecraft.

  20. Jan 26

    I chose the song "Dive into you" because the lyrics inside the song are so deep, and the words are so sweet. I really want to say the lyrics of the song to jisung

  21. 30 Jun 2021

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