Planet killers

Remnants of failed planets, asteroids are dry, dusty and atmosphereless rocks drifting through space

Asteroids are the most numerous bodies in our Solar System, with hundreds of thousands of them orbiting around the Sun in both belts and as individuals. They far outnumber our well-documented planets (and dwarf planets, to that matter) and are being studied by space agencies world wide, each of which are trying to shed some light on what historically were written off as simple floating rocks. However, asteroids are unique in the fact that they tell us much about the conditions of the universe post-big bang, how astrophysics effect space phenomena and how planets are formed, granting the scientific community great insight into our Solar System’s origins and workings. DID YOU KNOW?The first probe dedicated to studying asteroids was the NEAR Shoemaker, launched by NASA in 1997 Structures There are three types of…

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