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ESO releases images of the solar system's 42 largest asteroids with the most peculiar shapes
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoThese images are the sharpest images taken of the asteroids and the research is helping astronomers in tracing the origin of asteroids in our solar system.
Asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa will pass by Earth on 21 August
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoWith a highly elliptical orbit, asteroid 2016 AJ193 orbits the Sun every 2,160 days or every 5.91 years.
Hubble scans $10,000 quadrillion 16 Psyche asteroid ahead of NASA 2022 mission
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe spacecraft is slated to launch in August 2022, perform a Mars-assisted gravity boost in 2023, and arrive at 16 Psyche in 2026.
Bits of Venus from ancient asteroid collisions may be hidden under the moon's surface
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoVenus is thought to have had an Earth-like atmosphere, but experienced runaway greenhouse effect, resulting in its current climate.
Extraterrestrial diamonds form when planets collide, study of meteorites' insides finds
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoContrary to earlier assumptions, larger ureilite diamonds are signs of immense, destructive forces prevalent at that time.
ESA awards contracts worth €129.4 million for design, manufacture, testing of Hera asteroid mission
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe Hera mission will be the first spacecraft in history to explore a binary asteroid system.
Asteroid over 22 meters wide to make a pass by Earth closer than the Moon, NASA says
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoThe 'potentially hazardous asteroid' called '2011 ES4' will be at a distance of 1.2 lakh kms from Earth at its closest.
Scientists identify asteroids of interstellar origin moving in our Solar System
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe first space rock that the scientists discovered was the asteroid 514107 Ka'epaoka'awela which means 'mischievous opposite-moving companion of Jupiter.'
It's Asteroid Day 2020: Why you should care, and how to catch live events on asteroids today
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoAsteroids are a lot more than objects of scientific curiosity. Past encounters have warned us that asteroid impacts leave a mark.
Asteroid Day 2020: Raising awareness about threat posed by near-earth asteroids, since 2016
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoThe day is aimed at creating awareness around near-earth objects (NEOs), which could pose a 'potentially catastrophic' threat to our planet someday.