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Scientific interest in nuclear-based planetary defense strategies is rising alongside new announcements from China regarding asteroid monitoring systems.
New flyby imagery confirms asteroid Torifune is a contact binary, appearing as two conjoined rocks forming a distinct peanut shape.
China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured the first-ever close-up image of Earth's 'quasi-moon' following a 620-million-mile journey.
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has captured images of the two-headed asteroid Torifune from a distance of 62 million miles.
New research suggests a prolonged barrage of asteroid impacts melted Earth's early crust and may have sparked the origin of life.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has revealed new characteristics of the asteroid Donaldjohanson, including its unique shape and rotational behavior.