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Double-moon asteroid described for the first time - Science
Weston Forum· 4 days agoA team of researchers used NASA’s Lucy space probe to discover a split moon orbiting an asteroid for the first time. “It’s the first time we’ve seen a system</ ...
New Telescope Images of Io are so Good, it Looks like a Spacecraft Took Them
Universe Today· 6 days agoWith two primary mirrors measuring 8.4 m (~27.5 ft), it has a collecting area slightly greater than...
Chinese Probe Achieves First-Ever Blast Off From Moon’s Far Side In Daring Rock Return
Forbes· 3 days agoChina’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft has launched from the moon’s far side, the first-ever vehicle to do so....
NASA Lucy mission: A space rock got a moon after sun-driven quake
CNN.com· 7 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 ...
Sharper Than Ever – Io’s Volcanic Surfaces Revealed by New Telescope Technology
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoAstronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter’s moon Io at a resolution never before...
Scientists race to design craft to reach the enigmatic ‘Oumuamua
Astronomy Magazine· 6 days ago1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) was discovered in October 2017; shortly after, it was determined to be the...
'Comet of the year' is getting brighter, heading to Earth
Houston Chronicle· 5 days agoWith the Great North American Solar Eclipse in April and the northern lights brought to unexpected places around the world in May, 2024 has been filled with once-in-a-lifetime ...
Volcanic moon Io gets close-up look from Earth observatory
Astronomy Magazine· 7 days agoThe volcanic world Io has been a hot topic lately. In a paper to be published June 4 in Geophysical Research Letters, a U.S.-Italian team led captured the aftermath of a volcano’s plume dumping ...
Finding a Dyson sphere could be our first contact with alien life
The Hill· 5 days agoRecently, according to Live Science, the results of two scientific studies have been released that...
The Weird, Wild and Wonderful Universe, According to the Internet's Favorite Astronomer
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 days agoPhilip Plait is a science communicator and astronomer, one who was part of NASA’s Hubble Space...