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Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
Space via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target...
'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny ...
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAsteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts...
'Lucy’s baby’ asteroid is only about 2 to 3 million years old
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSelam is nicknamed “Lucy’s baby,” after NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered it orbiting another ...
Student's comparative analysis of primitive asteroids provides context for further research, future...
Phys.org· 22 hours agoHarvison pored through a library of infrared telescope data to analyze the spectral composition of 25 members of the Erigone family of primitive asteroids and help fill in ...
Novel calculations peg age of 'baby' asteroid
Phys.org· 2 weeks agoThe new method complements that work and has some advantages: It doesn't require an expensive spacecraft to capture close-up images, could be more accurate in cases where ...
Getting to know Southwest Research Institute
Astronomy Magazine· 22 hours agoWhen we think of space and Texas, our thoughts jump to Houston and the Johnson Space Center, home of NASA’s Mission Control Center, and where the amazing...
Dinkinesh's Moonlet is Only 2-3 Million Years Old
Universe Today· 1 week agoLast November, NASA’s Lucy mission conducted a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinish, one of the Main Belt asteroids it will investigate as it makes its way to ...
