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Astronomers confirm a new 'Trojan' asteroid that shares an orbit with Mars

Using observations made with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) a study led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) has confirmed that the asteroid 2023 FW14, discovered ...

Planetary Sciences

Mar 21, 2024

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What's the earliest the moon could have formed?

Astronomers are pretty sure they know where the moon came from. In the early solar system, a Mars-sized object dubbed Theia smashed into Earth. This cataclysmic collision knocked a huge mass of material into orbit, which ...

Planetary Sciences

Apr 4, 2024

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Astronomers confirm a new 'Trojan' asteroid that shares an orbit with Mars

What's the earliest the moon could have formed?

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