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Asteroid Composition

Rubble Pile Asteroids Kamoʻoalewa Bennu Bennu's Minerals Bennu Samples Earth-Moon System Formation CI Chondrites

China’s Tianwen-2 probe launches to sample Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamo’oalewa

The probe’s successful solar panel deployment marks the start of a two-year journey to collect pristine samples from a tumbling near-Earth asteroid.

NASA's Asteroid Sample Reveals Building Blocks of Life and Ancient Water Evidence

NASA's DART Mission Yields Crucial Insights on Asteroid Deflection