Some extraordinary asteroids have "activity"—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA's Active Asteroids project ...
Flying high: the SOFIA telescope was carried skyward by a jumbo jet. (Courtesy: NASA/Jim Ross) The first direct observation of water on the surface of an asteroid has been made using an airborne ...
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The study of these rare active asteroids provides scientists with additional information about the formation and evolution of ...
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a powerful Deep Space Network radar antenna to image asteroid 2008 OS7 as it spun ...
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JPL scientist Marina Brozović spoke at the Redlands Forum on March 7, assuring listeners that while debris in space is real, ...
Everything worth knowing about Lucy, NASA's long-distance asteroid probe: the mission, the mistakes, and how it could ...
Some extraordinary asteroids have “activity”—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA’s Active Asteroids project ...
NASA's Active Asteroids Citizen Science project volunteers have discovered activity on fifteen asteroids, challenging ...