Astronomers have found more than 350 possible moons around asteroids by analyzing data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope. While asteroids known to have moons, also known as binary asteroids, have been studied by Gaia before, this is the first time the telescope has been used to discover new binary asteroids.
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Using Hubble, researchers measure the mass of a single white dwarf for the first time
Of the trillions of stars scattered throughout the universe, one of the most common are…
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Data from ESA’s Gaia mission reveals our Sun’s future and past
On June 13, the third major data release from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia…
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Gaia arrives at its destination – Lagrange points hold future possibilities
by Chris BerginEurope’s galactic survey spacecraft, Gaia, recently arrived at its deep space location, ahead of conducting its…
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An Arianespace Soyuz ST-B rocket successfully launched the impressive Gaia space observatory from the Kourou…