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Citizen Scientists Find Fifteen “Active Asteroids”
Nature often defies our simple explanations. Take comets and asteroids, for example. Comets are icy and have tails; asteroids are…
JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide in a Centaur for the First Time
A study published today in The Planetary Science Journal examines how NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has conducted a…
Two Bizarre red Asteroids Somehow Migrated From the Kuiper Belt all the way to the Main Asteroid Belt
If asked to pick what color asteroids in the asteroid belt would be, red is likely not one that would…
Jupiter has Added a Comet to its Trojan Collection
Jupiter is notorious for capturing objects that venture too close to the gas giant and its enormous pull of gravity.…
There Might Be an Entire Orbit, Filled with Asteroids that Came from Outside the Solar System
Some asteroids orbit the Sun in highly inclined orbits, and they might be aliens to our solar system.
Centaurs Keep Their Rings From Greedy Gas Giants
Minor planets like Chariklo are good at keeping their ring systems away from larger planets, and we are beginning to…
Weekly Space Hangout – Feb. 6, 2015: Astronaut Ron Garan’s “Orbital Perspective”
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Special Guest: Astronaut Ron Garan (orbitalpersepctive.com / @Astro_Ron) Ron…