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Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh’s dynamic history
KFGO· 4 days agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by...
'Dinky' asteroid imaged by NASA has ultra-rare double moon, study confirms
LiveScience· 4 days agoNow, researchers have proposed a model explaining how Selam may have formed. Astronomers supervising Lucy ― a car-sized spacecraft that launched on Oct. 16, 2021 ― had primarily intended to ...
Mars's Doomed Moon Phobos Might Not Be What We Thought
IFLScience· 6 days agoA team of researchers analyzing previously unpublished images of Mars's moon Phobos have found hints that the unusual moon is not what we once thought. Mars's moons Phobos and Deimos are a little ...
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Reveals Surprising Complexity of Asteroid Dinkinesh
ExtremeTech· 3 days agoThe last few years have been an exciting time for studying asteroids. NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on course to investigate Jupiter's trojan
Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn a silver lining, however, this has given Lucy the chance to test its prowess on a minor world in...
NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex - NASA
NASA· 4 days agoImages from the November 2023 flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft show a trough on...