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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A year after its launch, NASA’s Jupiter Trojan asteroid explorer Lucy has completed its first…
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With the first half of 2022 coming to a close, NASA teams are continuing work…
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NASA and ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched NASA’s next asteroid exploration mission — Lucy —…
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Lucy in final preparations for launch, Principal Investigator discusses mission’s trajectory
After being shipped to Florida in early August, NASA’s most daring asteroid exploration mission yet…
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Of the varying types of celestial objects humans have sent spacecraft to investigate, there remains…
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NASA and Lockheed Martin are another step closer to the launch of their Lucy Trojan…