Asteroids

The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

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NASA just shut down a planetary defense mission that tracks asteroids. Now what?

Weird, 'watermelon shape' asteroids like Dimorphos and Selam may finally have an explanation

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