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The origins of asteroids in the solar system’s remnants

Asteroids are leftover pieces from the formation of our solar system about 4.5 billion years ago. In the beginning, ...

Asteroid named after ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

Over the past 50 years, musician “Weird Al” Yankovic has become the first artist to have a comedy album debut at #1 on the ...
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Weird Al Yankovic Gets His Own Asteroid, Tucson Scientist Delivers the Plaque

Weird Al now has a mile-wide asteroid named after him — and the scientist behind it says his songs launched her career.
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Asteroid Bennu formed from a mixture of inner and outer solar system material potentially stirred up by Jupiter

Scientists believe they have worked out where asteroid Bennu formed in the solar system, they hope the answer will provide ...

A high school student was scanning free NASA-ESA images when he spotted a tiny dot near the Sun, which turned out to be a sungrazing comet in 2005

A high school student discovered a comet using publicly available NASA spacecraft images, turning a school project into an astronomy career and major scientific recognition.
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“Weird Al” Hopes New Asteroid Named in His Honor Doesn’t Bring on the Alpocalypse

"Weird Al" Yankovic has received the astronomical honor of having an asteroid named after him, with (14331) Alyankovic ...