With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch.
Astronomy
Mar 7, 2022
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The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than scientists have surmised, according to a new study by researchers from Brown and Purdue universities.
Astronomy
Feb 15, 2022
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Asteroids fly through our solar system all the time, but it's rare for us to take notice of them. But that's changed this week, as an asteroid passes within 1,231,184 miles of Earth on January 18. The asteroid, dubbed 7482 ...
Astronomy
Jan 19, 2022
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In a slow moving universe, asteroids give us a rare chance to see things moving in real time. We have such a chance coming right up on the evening of Tuesday, January 18, when 1.1-kilometer asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 passes ...
Astronomy
Jan 18, 2022
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Astronomers have managed to link the properties of the inner planets of our solar system with our cosmic history: with the emergence of ring structures in the swirling disk of gas and dust in which these planets were formed. ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 30, 2021
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Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated in the inner solar system; only a few percent of the building blocks of these two planets originated beyond Jupiter's orbit. A group of researchers led by the ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 23, 2021
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A massive asteroid will whiz past the Earth on Saturday, but hold any thoughts of disaster movies.
Astronomy
Nov 15, 2021
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The detailed images of these 42 objects are a leap forward in exploring asteroids, made possible thanks to ground-based telescopes, and contribute to answering the ultimate question of life, the Universe, and everything.
Astronomy
Oct 12, 2021
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The dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era in the formation of our solar system. Two recent papers involving scientists from the University of California, Davis, use data from meteorites ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 6, 2021
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Set to launch next year, NASA's Psyche mission marks the first time the agency has set out to explore an asteroid richer in metal than rock or ice.
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2021
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