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Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...
Asteroid’s double moon points to a complex history
EarthSky· 4 days agoA new study of asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon Selam, led by researchers at Southwest Research Institute, shows a complex geological history for both...
Look! NASA’s Lucy Mission Stumbled Upon An Asteroid With Planet-Like Features
Inverse· 4 days agoThe Lucy mission, named after the famous 3 million year old hominid fossil, is slated to visit the...
New contest lets you name Earth's 1st 'quasi-moon' for free. Here's how to enter.
Live Science via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoA new public competition will allow a lucky astronomy enthusiast to name one of Earth's tiny...
Chinese Probe Achieves First-Ever Blast Off From Moon’s Far Side In Daring Rock Return
Forbes· 4 days agoChina’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft has launched from the moon’s far side, the first-ever vehicle to do so....
How a declassified mission may reinforce West’s worry over China’s space power
South China Morning Post· 4 days agoThis was a mission that took place in January 2022, but has only now been revealed after recently...
Forget Mars — This Unseen Frontier Is Worth Quintillions Of Dollars (18 Zeroes)
Benzinga· 5 days agoThis mission is a significant step toward a new frontier in space exploration: the vast and...
Space snippets: First Chang’e samples, Starship ‘lands’, Starliner docks
Cosmos· 21 hours agoReports from China indicate the Chang’e 6 mission is heading back to Earth with 2kg in rock samples...
Chinese Lander Instrument Detects Negative Ions on Far Side of Moon
Futurism via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoChina's Chang'e-6 lunar touched down on the far side of the Moon, successfully scooping up samples,...
Double-moon asteroid described for the first time - Science
Weston Forum· 5 days agoA team of researchers used NASA’s Lucy space probe to discover a split moon orbiting an asteroid for the first time. “It’s the first time we’ve seen a system like this,” said ...