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Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Space via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...
The Moon is a prime spot for astronomy. It might not always be.
Astronomy Magazine· 3 hours agoThe Moon is uniquely suitable for researchers to build telescopes they can’t put on Earth because it...
‘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...
'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 ...
The moon and Saturn will 'kiss' on Friday. Cincinnati Observatory tells us what to know
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoWhen is the next conjunction? Since the moon is in conjunction with each planet roughly once a...
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...