Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets by thinkia.org.in 2 months agoCracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it, …
Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn by thinkia.org.in 3 months agoWhat Earth may have looked like with a ring Oliver Hull After a near miss with an asteroid 466 million …
Can we spot every incoming asteroid before they hit Earth? by thinkia.org.in 3 months agoAsteroid 2024 RW1 seen over the Philippines Allan Madelar/Facebook The surprise discovery of asteroid 2024 RW1, mere hours before it …
An asteroid is about to hit Earth – but don’t worry, it is only small by thinkia.org.in 3 months agoThe predicted path of asteroid CAQTDL2 over the Philippines Catalina Sky Survey/ESA Astronomers have just discovered that an asteroid is …
Huge asteroid impact may have knocked over Jupiter’s largest moon by thinkia.org.in 3 months agoThe solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede, alongside Jupiter in a picture taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft NASA/JPL/University of Arizona A …
Dinosaur-killing Chicxulub asteroid formed in Solar System’s outer reaches by thinkia.org.in 4 months ago
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close Approaches – NASA by thinkia.org.in 5 months agoThe Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as …
Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen by thinkia.org.in 7 months agoLong-exposure photo showing the trail of asteroid 2024 BX1 shortly before impact. The changes in brightness are caused by the …
Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater by thinkia.org.in 7 months agoThe redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and now we might know …