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If we slam an impactor into an asteroid in exactly the wrong spot, the space rock may pass through a "gravitational keyhole" that brings it to Earth.

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For weeks, Elena Adams has been leading her team at the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, through ...

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Learn how fragments from asteroid Ryugu provide evidence of water flowing within asteroids formed in the early Solar System.

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It’s all about the encounter physics.” With those words, MIT Professor of Planetary Sciences Richard Binzel emphasized the ...