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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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JAN 17, 2024Space & Astronomy
What can samples collected from a comet almost 20 years ago tell us about the history of comets and our solar system? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 22, 2023Space & Astronomy
In humanity’s attempt to identify asteroid threats to Earth, NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field In ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 30, 2023Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently shared key celestial events for November 2023 which offered skywatchers an opportunity to witness 16 d ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 14, 2023Space & Astronomy
The California Academy of Sciences (Cal Academy) recently announced that SETI Institute Senior Planetary Astronomer, Dr. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 03, 2023Space & Astronomy
While en route to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently conducted a flyby of the asteroid ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment examines how the Earth’s Moon could be the sour ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 18, 2023Technology
A team of researchers at Dartmouth College have leveraged AI insights to better understand the main driver behind the ex ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study scheduled to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 13, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:19 am EDT (7:19 am PDT ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
This past Sunday, September 24, 2023, marked the end of a journey that spanned just over seven years and billions of mil ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 15, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA recently helped add Germany as the 29th signatory nation for the Artemis Accords with a signing ceremony at the Ger ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA announced today that the Psyche spacecraft is still scheduled to begin its launch window on October 5th and spans t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA recently conducted a rehearsal capsule recovery test of its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identificati ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged debris from asteroid Dimorphos that was blasted away as a result of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
As humanity prepares to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years with the upcoming Artemis missi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2023Space & Astronomy
The Moon is getting another instrument to explore its vast history as the Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer (MAPS) in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 14, 2023Space & Astronomy
While asteroids are the lesser-known populace of the solar system, they have possibly the greatest significance as these ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 31, 2023Space & Astronomy
On May 11, NASA announced that researchers at Georgia Tech have been awarded $7.5 million to run a new center called the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
How do supernovas occur? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of researchers exami ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 15, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently used its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to observe a disk of dusty debris enc ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 04, 2023Space & Astronomy
While the planets and moons of our solar system garner frequent attention from the scientific community, asteroids and c ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 05, 2023Space & Astronomy
Icy satellites have become a hot topic for astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth due to their interior ocean ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
An astrophysicist from UC Riverside (UCR) recently examined "two notable gaps in planetary science", as noted by Dr. Ste ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 17, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What can samples collected from a comet almost 20 years ago tell us about the history of comets and our solar system? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 22, 2023
Space & Astronomy
In humanity’s attempt to identify asteroid threats to Earth, NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field In
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 30, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots recently shared key celestial events for November 2023 which offered skywatchers an opportunity to witness 16 d
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 14, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The California Academy of Sciences (Cal Academy) recently announced that SETI Institute Senior Planetary Astronomer, Dr.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 03, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While en route to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently conducted a flyby of the asteroid
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment examines how the Earth’s Moon could be the sour
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 18, 2023
Technology
A team of researchers at Dartmouth College have leveraged AI insights to better understand the main driver behind the ex
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study scheduled to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 13, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:19 am EDT (7:19 am PDT
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
This past Sunday, September 24, 2023, marked the end of a journey that spanned just over seven years and billions of mil
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 15, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently helped add Germany as the 29th signatory nation for the Artemis Accords with a signing ceremony at the Ger
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA announced today that the Psyche spacecraft is still scheduled to begin its launch window on October 5th and spans t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently conducted a rehearsal capsule recovery test of its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identificati
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently imaged debris from asteroid Dimorphos that was blasted away as a result of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
As humanity prepares to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years with the upcoming Artemis missi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The Moon is getting another instrument to explore its vast history as the Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer (MAPS) in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 14, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While asteroids are the lesser-known populace of the solar system, they have possibly the greatest significance as these
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 31, 2023
Space & Astronomy
On May 11, NASA announced that researchers at Georgia Tech have been awarded $7.5 million to run a new center called the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
How do supernovas occur? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of researchers exami
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 15, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently used its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to observe a disk of dusty debris enc
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 04, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While the planets and moons of our solar system garner frequent attention from the scientific community, asteroids and c
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 05, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Icy satellites have become a hot topic for astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth due to their interior ocean
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An astrophysicist from UC Riverside (UCR) recently examined "two notable gaps in planetary science", as noted by Dr. Ste
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc