In a new paper published in the Planetary Science Journal, University of Arizona scientists identified an asteroid named 1998 OR2 as one potential source of shock-darkened meteorites.
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Early on November 24th, NASA is set to launch its DART mission on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California, sending a spacecraft on an intentional crash course with an asteroid. The plan is to test out a way to nudge asteroids off their orbits in the future.