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Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 11 hours agoAn asteroid floating in our solar system has been discovered to have a very weird and unique double moon—and it might just change the way we think about how planets form.
Next-Generation Radar Will Map Threatening Asteroids
Universe Today· 14 hours agoWhen the Arecibo Observatory dish in Puerto Rico collapsed in 2020, astronomers lost a powerful radio telescope and a unique radar instrument to map the...
Moon Around Asteroid Dinkinesh Is Actually Two Asteroids Stuck Together
IFLScience· 1 day agoTake, for example, asteroid Dinkinesh, the first target of the NASA mission Lucy. As the spacecraft approached, the team were surprised to see an unexpected moon appear around ...
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...
Just-discovered ‘dinky’ asteroid moon is actually something far stranger
Cosmos· 1 day agoDinkinesh, the asteroid that was the first target of NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter, is still throwing up surprises. The first surprise came when the Lucy spacecraft zipped ...
NASA’s Asteroid Samples Upend Our Understanding Of Early Solar System
Forbes· 3 days agoIt’s humbling to realize that we are the first sentient beings to successfully sample Bennu, a...
The rush to return humans to the Moon and build lunar bases could threaten opportunities for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoUnlike the Earth, the Moon is not tilted relative to its path around the Sun. As a result, the Sun...
Moon orbiting 'dinky' asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together
Science Daily· 2 days agoThe researchers noted that the unusual arrangement challenges existing theories about how asteroids and other celestial bodies formed over time and provides additional insight ...
Astronomers develop new observation technique to mitigate asteroid risks
China Daily· 5 days agoA collaborative research team from China and Ukraine has been monitoring near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) through regular observations to ...
Bright comet headed toward Earth could be visible with the naked eye
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe incoming comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS might become as brilliant as Venus during its close approach to...