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Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Space via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...
‘Dinky’ asteroid has a tiny companion that baffles astronomers
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA solar radiation-triggered quake likely caused the asteroid Dinkinesh to lose material. Some of it...
The Moon is a prime spot for astronomy. It might not always be.
Astronomy Magazine· 4 hours agoThe Moon is uniquely suitable for researchers to build telescopes they can’t put on Earth because it...
'Dinky' asteroid imaged by NASA has ultra-rare double moon, study confirms
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoResearchers have proposed a model for how a double moon named Selam formed around the tiny asteroid...
Next-Generation Radar Will Map Threatening Asteroids
Universe Today· 5 days agoFortunately, a new, next-generation radar system called ngRADAR is under development, to eventually be installed at the...network,” said Patrick Taylor,...
Moon orbiting 'dinky' asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together
Science Daily· 7 days agoThe Lucy team, which includes University of Maryland Professor of Astronomy and Geology Jessica Sunshine, detailed the unexpected finding in a paper published in the journal ...
Astronomers Surprised After Finding Tiny Moon Is Actually Two Tiny Moons in a Trenchcoat
Futurism via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThat's Dinky to You Last year, NASA imagery taken by the Lucy spacecraft revealed that a tiny Moon...
Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 5 days agoThe asteroid—officially titled "Dinkinesh" but nicknamed "Dinky"—was found to have a tiny moon orbiting it when NASA's Lucy spacecraft...interact. "Our ultimate goal is to ...
Scientists race to design craft to reach the enigmatic ‘Oumuamua
Astronomy Magazine· 3 days ago1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) was discovered in October 2017; shortly after, it was determined to be the...
The Sky This Week from May 31 to June 7: A Jupiter-Mercury conjunction
Astronomy Magazine· 5 days agoThe parade of planets starts as two worlds come close and the Moon moves on down the line in the sky...