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  • Scientists Just Discovered The Oldest Asteroid Family Ever

    Scientists Just Discovered The Oldest Asteroid Family Ever

    Artist’s depiction of asteroids in the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter. (Image: NASA) For billions of years, the Solar System’s asteroids have been involved in an endless game of bumper cars, smashing into each other and splintering into smaller bits. But get this — astronomers have just detected a clump of asteroids that has…