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Planetary science

Water observed on asteroids for the first time

27 Feb 2024
The SOFIA mission
Flying high: the SOFIA telescope was carried skyward by a jumbo jet. (Courtesy: NASA/Jim Ross)
The first direct observation of water on the surface of an asteroid has been made using an airborne

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