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NASA Lucy mission: A space rock got a moon after sun-driven quake
CNN.com· 3 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 ...
Moon Around Asteroid Dinkinesh Is Actually Two Asteroids Stuck Together
IFLScience· 5 days 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 ...
NASA’s Asteroid Samples Upend Our Understanding Of Early Solar System
Forbes· 6 days agoIt’s humbling to realize that we are the first sentient beings to successfully sample Bennu, a...
Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 4 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.
Just-discovered ‘dinky’ asteroid moon is actually something far stranger
Cosmos· 5 days 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 ...
Moon orbiting 'dinky' asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together
Science Daily· 6 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 ...
Observatory To Host Discussion Of Extraterrestrial Objects
The Post-Journal· 3 days agoFREWSBURG – There has been a lot of activity in the solar system with recent solar flares and visits...
New discovery challenges existing theories on how celestial bodies are formed
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoDuring a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh, also known as “Dinky,” in November 2023, the spacecraft...
What is NASA working on?
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe mission is expected to begin exploring the asteroid in 2029. Finding minerals NASA has started using modified U-2 spy planes to hunt for "strategic...
How to see the best meteor showers: Days, times, observing tips
Astronomy Magazine· 5 days agoSeveral times during the year, Earth encounters swarms of small particles that greatly enhance the...
