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Next-Generation Radar Will Map Threatening Asteroids
Universe Today· 7 days 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...
Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 6 days 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.
How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun
SPACE.com· 6 days agoThe probe, originally known as OSIRIS-REx, aced its sample-return mission to the asteroid Bennu and...
Forget Mars — This Unseen Frontier Is Worth Quintillions Of Dollars (18 Zeroes)
Benzinga· 2 days agoThis mission is a significant step toward a new frontier in space exploration: the vast and...
NASA Lucy mission: A space rock got a moon after sun-driven quake
CNN.com· 5 days agoAstronomers were in for a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew by an asteroid named Dinkinesh in November and spotted a contact binary — two smaller space rocks that touch ...
NASA’s DART mission punched the Didymos asteroid in 2022 — now it’s time to go back
The Verge· 7 days agoThe European Space Agency (ESA) is running some of the final tests required to launch its Hera...
Look! NASA’s Lucy Mission Stumbled Upon An Asteroid With Planet-Like Features
Inverse· 2 days agoThe Lucy mission, named after the famous 3 million year old hominid fossil, is slated to visit the...
How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOSIRIS-APEX emerged "unscathed" from its closest-ever brush past our sun on Jan. 2, scientists...
Bus-sized asteroid will fly close to Earth on Saturday, NASA says
Staten Island Advance· 5 days agoA 25-foot-long, bus-sized asteroid will fly close to Earth on Saturday, according to NASA. An asteroid is an inactive body orbiting the sun that are typically ...
Rare fossil of adolescent Tyrannosaurus - 'Teen Rex'- found by US kids
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA rare fossil of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex has been excavated in North Dakota's badlands - a...