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Dr Beatriz Sánchez-Cano and Dr Daniel Sheward received the "prestigious honour" for space research.

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is tracking a trio of vehicle-sized asteroids set to whizz by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five asteroids, including one the size of a house, will approach Earth within the next two days. On Wednesday, March 25, the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is tracking two bus-sized asteroids in the vicinity of the Earth ...