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A large piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite extracted from a lake with ropes

Space

Earth’s greatest hits: Six of the biggest meteorites in history

From the mysterious Tunguska event to the fossilised Morokweng space rock, when whopper meteorites come along they make a big impact

Features

The Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets Concept

Space

NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts

News

Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

Space

Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing

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Asteroid clay is a better space radiation shield than aluminium

Space

Asteroid clay is a better space radiation shield than aluminium

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Pluto and Charon

Space

Discovery of tiny moon completes the set for worlds past Neptune

News

Cosmic popcorn effect helps space dust survive our atmosphere

Space

Cosmic popcorn effect helps space dust survive our atmosphere

News

Artist's impression of asteroid with rings

Space

The upstart asteroid who showed rings are for everybody

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

Life

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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Uranus

Space

Far-off asteroid caught cohabiting with Uranus around the sun

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meteor

Space

No room for complacency over threats from space

Asteroid impacts pose a perennial threat to Earth, so we should be alarmed that two planned missions to study asteroids' make-up face the axe

Leader

Space

Hit threatening asteroids' bright spots to deflect them

News

Space

Metal asteroid and Trojans selected for next NASA missions

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Earth

Large asteroid impacts may be rare, but we should be prepared

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Space

Cosmic dust grains found on city rooftops for the first time

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