'Rubble Pile' Asteroids Are Surprisingly Hard to Kill

A research team believes hard-to-destroy asteroids made from loose rubble and dust may be quite common in our solar system.

Related Keywords

Australia ,Andy Cheng ,Andrew Rivkin ,Johns Hopkins ,Fred Jourdan ,Curtin University ,Japanese Space Agency Hayabusa ,Japanese Space Agency ,Double Asteroid Redirection Test ,Powerful Recoil Effect Magnified ,Magdalena Ridge ,Space Treaty ,Rubble Pile ,Earth ,Prevention ,Planetary Defense ,Astronomy ,Outer Space ,Steroid ,5143 Itokawa ,Environment ,Physical Sciences ,Space Weapons ,Binary Asteroid ,Asteroid Impact Avoidance ,Izmodo ,