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Asteroid’s double moon points to a complex history
EarthSky· 1 hour agoA new study of asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon Selam, led by researchers at Southwest Research Institute, shows a complex geological history for both...
Bus-sized asteroid will fly close to Earth on Saturday, NASA says
Staten Island Advance· 4 days agoA 25-foot-long, bus-sized asteroid will fly close to Earth on Saturday, according to NASA. An asteroid is an inactive ...
‘Dinky’ asteroid has a tiny companion that baffles astronomers
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA solar radiation-triggered quake likely caused the asteroid Dinkinesh to lose material. Some of it...
This Chinese tracking satellite can be used to hunt killer asteroids: scientists
South China Morning Post· 13 hours agoEarth, but will pass safely by. This was a mission that took place in January 2022, but has only now...
Forget Mars — This Unseen Frontier Is Worth Quintillions Of Dollars (18 Zeroes)
Benzinga· 16 hours agoPer Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the lead scientist on the NASA mission and the director of Arizona State...
Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPotentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into...
Double-moon asteroid described for the first time - Science
Weston Forum· 1 day 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 ...
China just landed on the moon. And it released footage.
Mashable· 2 hours agoChina announced that, for the second time, it landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the...
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...
Mystery of unique double moon shines light on planet formation
Newsweek· 5 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.