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Asteroids are rocky objects that move around a solar system. They are often too small to be considered planets, and are more often considered minor planets. Asteroids orbit the sun, but not in the characteristic "disc" orbit that regular planets do.
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SEP 09, 2025Space & Astronomy
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Can asteroids orbit each other in pairs of three, also called a three-body or triple system, like stars? This is what a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 09, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Did the subsurface ocean on dwarf planet ceres once fuel potential habitability? This is what a recent study published i
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Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 01, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intrig
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Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 29, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Asteroid Vesta is currently the second largest asteroid in the solar system, having been studied in-depth by NASA’
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Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 17, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How old is asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson (DJ), which is about to be studied by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in an upco
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Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
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Space & Astronomy
Can asteroids orbit each other in pairs of three, also called a three-body or triple system, like stars? This is what a
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Laurence Tognetti, MSc
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What size asteroids can astronomers detect from Earth that could potentially pose a threat to our planet? This is what a
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Earth & The Environment
Everything on Earth and made on Earth is awash in microbial contamination, which persists through intense decontaminatio
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DEC 11, 2019 | 8:00 AM
DATE: December 11, 2019 TIME: 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST, 4:00pm GMT The Zimmerwald Laser and Astrometric Telescope (ZIMLAT) is the most versatile instrument of the Swiss Optical Ground Stati...
DEC 11, 2019 | 8:00 AM
DATE: December 11, 2019 TIME: 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST, 4:00pm GMT The Zimmerwald Laser and Astrometric Telescope (ZIMLAT) is the most versatile instrument of the Swiss Optical Ground Stati...