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Metal asteroids may have once had iron-spewing volcanoes

Metal asteroids may have once had iron-spewing volcanoes

Two groups of scientists introduce the idea of “ferrovolcanism,” or iron volcanoes, that could have occurred on metal as...

Ryugu is probably a chip off one of these two other asteroids

Ryugu is probably a chip off one of these two other asteroids

Japan’s Hayabusa2 team has narrowed down the asteroid Ryugu’s origins based on its color.

Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought

Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought

(Johns Hopkins University) A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on t...