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Asteroid Phaethon's mysterious tail may finally have an explanation
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThis illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The asteroid’s surface gets so...
What to Know About NASA's Unprecedented Psyche Mission to a Metallic Asteroid
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky...
This Rare Asteroid May Be Worth 70,000 Times the Global Economy. Now NASA Is Sending a Spaceship to...
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA’s mission to an asteroid that could be worth 70,000 times the global economy is expected to...
12 new moons discovered orbiting Jupiter, giving it the most in our solar system
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere's a new moon king in our solar system: 12 new moons were discovered around Jupiter, which...
James Webb Space Telescope discovers water ice at ringed asteroid Chariklo 'by remarkable luck'
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUsing the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observe a stellar occultation and discover the...
Astronomers spy new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like dwarf planet Ceres
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis image of the dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015, approximates how the...
How long can an asteroid 'survive'?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAsteroid exploding in space into lots of little pieces. In October 2020, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approached the asteroid Bennu. The probe, which had...
James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHighly stylized view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has...
Titanic-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this weekend. Here's where you can track it
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA Titanic-sized asteroid is slated to pass by Earth Saturday according to the Center for Near Earth...
Comet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could bring ingredients for life, UT study finds
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoComet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could bring the potential for life to a hidden subsurface...