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Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.
Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...
For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...
A Nasa spacecraft has captured its first detailed images of an unexplored asteroid, revealing a bizarrely shaped ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Donaldjohanson, collecting data and images of the second of its 11 ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.
For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...
NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...
"Engineers with NASA’s Psyche mission are working to determine what caused a recent decrease in fuel pressure in the ...
This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a ...