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space rocks
Coverage of space rocks in the Nexus archive.
- How to tell a comet from an asteroid and a meteor from a meteorite
The article explains how to distinguish between comets, asteroids, meteors, and meteorites, providing a guide to identify these space rocks observed in the night sky.
- Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago
The asteroid Ryugu may have been struck by a swarm of micrometeorites around 1,000 years ago. An illustration depicts Ryugu passing through these tiny space rocks, suggesting a possible historical impact event.