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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh’s dynamic history
KFGO· 1 day agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by...
Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 2 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. The asteroid—officially ...
Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHaving launched in 2021, the Lucy mission is on its way to explore the Trojan asteroids, which share...
Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMars is much closer to the asteroid belt–our solar system’s main reservoir of rocky debris–than Earth. Of course something closer to the source would...
NASA’s Sci-Fi Thrusters: Psyche’s Electric Blue Journey to the Asteroid Belt
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoNASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on course to explore an asteroid by 2029, using innovative solar-powered...
'Dinky' asteroid imaged by NASA has ultra-rare double moon, study confirms
Live Science via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoResearchers have proposed a model for how a double moon named Selam formed around the tiny asteroid...
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...
Moon orbiting 'dinky' asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together
Science Daily· 1 day 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 Nature on May 29 ...
Voyager 1’s Revival Offers Inspiration for Everyone on Earth
Scientific American· 7 hours agoNASA has reestablished touch with Voyager 1, the most distant thing built by our species, now...
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 the small asteroid ...