When the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft landed on the asteroid Eros earlier this year, it provided an unprecedented view of these battered relics from the early Solar System. The next step is to find out what's inside.
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Asphaug, E. Once upon an asteroid. Nature 413, 369–370 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35096660
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