Rare images taken by a Japanese space probe during a fly-by of a near-Earth asteroid have revealed that the space rock resembled a snowman, scientists said on July 6. The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 skimmed asteroid Torifune on July 5 in a mission that demonstrated the ability to deflect a potentially dangerous space rock away from Earth. […]
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