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The asteriod is rocky: Japanese space rovers
Photos from Japanese space rovers show asteroid is rocky.
Japan successfully lands robot rovers on asteroid's surface
Known as MINERVA-II1, the rovers are collectively world's first mobile exploration robot to land on the surface of an asteroid.
Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data
An unmanned spacecraft released two Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu in an effort to get clues to the origin of the solar system.
NASA spacecraft approaches asteroid, snaps first pic
The spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, has even snapped its first, blurry pic of the cosmic body.
Boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa
All three asteroids were discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona.
Dinosaur killing asteroid wiped out first tree-dwelling birds: Study
The birds that did survive were ground-dwellers, birds whose fossilized remains show longer, sturdier legs like seen in modern ground birds.
Oldest object in the solar system could be 'Alien asteroid'
The asteroid, called (514107) 2015 BZ509 or “BZ” for short, measures nearly 2 miles (3km) wide.
Solar system's first interstellar immigrant discovered
All of the planets in our solar system, and the vast majority of other objects as well, travel around the Sun in the same direction.
Huge asteroid to skim past Earth a day ahead of royal wedding
The day before Prince Harry and Meghan tie the knot at Windsor, an asteroid is expected to come extremely close to the Earth’s surface.
Spacerock that can end life on Earth can't be stopped by Nasa, say scientists
Researchers say it might be impossible to stop the space rock, the size of the Empire State building, from crashing into Earth in 2135.