Space mission shows Earth’s water may be from asteroids: study
Hayabusa-2 returned to Earth's orbit two years ago to drop off a capsule containing the sample.…
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Joy Harjo picture book ‘Remember’ to come out next year
This image released by Random House Children’s Books shows "Remember" by U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade. (Random House Children’s Books via AP)This image released by Random House Children’s Books shows "Remember" by U.S.…
A star is orbiting the Milky Way’s black hole at 18 million miles an hour
A recently discovered star, now designated S4716, is traveling at the mind-boggling speed of 5,000 miles (8,000 km) per second around the black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, Space.com reported. The vast expanse of our…
Astronomers Unveil The Most Detailed Map of The Metal Asteroid Psyche Yet
If you wanted to do a forensic study of the Solar System, you might head for the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. That's where you can find ancient rocks from the Solar System's early days. Out there in the cold vacuum of…
Four facts about asteroids you may not know
Swirling among the planets in our solar system are pieces of rocky matter called asteroids. Too small to be considered planets, asteroids are a ‘hangover’ from the early formation of the solar system, making them around 4.6 billion years…
Algorithm spots 104 asteroids in huge piles of data • The Register
Researchers at The Asteroid Institute have developed a way to locate previously unknown asteroids in astronomical data, and all it took was a massive amount of cloud computing power to do it.
Traditionally, asteroid spotters would have…
Over 1,000 New Asteroids Discovered Hidden in Hubble Archives
Researchers have found over 1,700 asteroid trails in archived Hubble data from the last 20 years. While many of the asteroids are previously known, more than 1,000 are not. What good are another 1,000 asteroids? Like all asteroids, they…
Keep Tabs On Asteroids With Asteroid Atlas
Keeping tabs on the night sky is an enjoyable way to stay connected to the stars, and astronomy can be accessible to most people with a low entry point for DIY telescopes. For those who live in areas with too much…
Strange twin asteroids, the youngest ever seen, likely broke apart just 300 years ago
Scientists have spotted two space rocks that may be Earth's freshest asteroid neighbors.The strange pair of near-Earth asteroids is separated by about 600,000 miles (1 million kilometers), and researchers calculated that they likely…
Astronomers Spot The Youngest Pair of Asteroids Ever Discovered in The Solar System
A pair of asteroids orbiting the Sun formed less than 300 years ago, a new study has revealed.This makes them the youngest pair of asteroids ever discovered in the Solar System, by a factor of 10. The discovery could tell us more about…