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New NASA image of unusual asteroid reveals it has its own moon
Boing Boing· 3 days agoNASA's Lucy is a space probe sent to explore an array of small asteroids trapped in Jupiter's orbit. As the space agency explains, the two "swarms" of asteroids< ...
Next-Generation Radar Will Map Threatening Asteroids
Universe Today· 2 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...
The 40 Best Movies on Amazon Prime (May 2024)
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoWho doesn’t love a good legal thriller? They truly don’t make movies like “The Firm” anymore – a character-driven, two-and-a-half-hour mid-budget human...
Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 2 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.
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Unlocks Asteroid Dinkinesh's Dynamic History
US News & World Report· 3 days agoA little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by NASA's Lucy spacecraft - has a surprisingly dynamic history, according to scientists, along with its moonlet ...
NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex - NASA
NASA· 3 days agoImages from the November 2023 flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft show a trough on...
Astronomers Surprised After Finding Tiny Moon Is Actually Two Tiny Moons in a Trenchcoat
Futurism via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThat's Dinky to You Last year, NASA imagery taken by the Lucy spacecraft revealed that a tiny Moon...
Just-discovered ‘dinky’ asteroid moon is actually something far stranger
Cosmos· 3 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 ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh's dynamic history
Colorado Springs Gazette· 3 days agoA little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by NASA's Lucy spacecraft - has a...
New discovery challenges existing theories on how celestial bodies are formed
Courthouse News Service· 3 days agoDuring a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh, also known as “Dinky,” in November 2023, the spacecraft...