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An asteroid the size of a school bus is heading ... a professor of astrophysics and space science at the University of Leicester in the U.K., previously told Newsweek. "It also has to have an ...

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From robotic expeditions to the moon to a new observatory in space to a rendezvous with an asteroid, 2025 promises to be packed with ambitious space exploration. NASA and commercial space companies in ...