Unlike most asteroids, which are composed of cosmic sediment, Vesta’s surface is volcanic basalt, indicating that it ...

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Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

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The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an ...

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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — A solar ... system 130 light-years away that has long been a ... Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

"On April 1, the spacecraft detected a pressure drop in the line that feeds the xenon gas to the thrusters, going from 36 ...