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Lucy Observations of Asteroid Donaldjohanson 🛰️

⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=17&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260620130259

3i/Atlas 11h ago

Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=late-great-singer-songwriter-elliott-smith-finds-immortality-as-an-asteroid
<p>An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.</p>
#songwriter #asteroid #elliott #singer

Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid

An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.

Knowledge Zone 13h ago

#PhotoOfTheDay: Solving Asteroid Bennu’s Mysteries

These X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans released on March 17, 2026, give us a glimpse inside #Asteroid #Bennu. They show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples; these networks solved a mystery that baffled NASA for years.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/solving-asteroid-bennus-mysteries/

SpaceNews [Unofficial]1d ago

Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/chinese-university-led-mission-to-study-asteroid-apophis-during-close-encounter-with-earth/

Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth

Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.

SpaceNews

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨1d ago

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌙🪨 A lunar #meteorite called Northwest #Africa 12593 preserves evidence of three impacts, including one 3.5 billion years ago that melted #lunar rock.

University of #Colorado #Boulder researchers linked the blast to similar impacts on #Earth and #asteroid #Vesta when #life was first appearing here.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-piece-of-the-moon-found-in-africa-records-a-giant-lunar-impact-from-the-dawn-of-life-on-earth/

#moon #space #geology #science #northwestafrica #earthscience #solarsystem #minerals

A Piece of the Moon Found in Africa Records a Giant Lunar Impact From the Dawn of Life on Earth

A lunar meteorite links ancient impacts on the moon, Earth and asteroid Vesta.

ZME Science

3i/Atlas 1d ago

Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by last year
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=juicy-new-details-emerge-about-an-asteroid-nasas-lucy-spacecraft-flew-by-last-year
<p>Evidence of chemical alteration by liquid water has been found on the asteroid Donaldjohanson
#asteroid #details #emerge #juicy

Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by last year

Evidence of chemical alteration by liquid water has been found on the asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed further from the sun before being shoved inwards.

3i/Atlas 1d ago

Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=chinese-university-led-mission-to-study-asteroid-apophis-during-close-encounter-with-earth
<p>A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the
#university #asteroid #apophis #chinese

Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth

A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029. The post Chinese university-led mission to...

Where are we now?1d ago

WEEKLY ARMAGEDDON DIGEST
25/2026

THE NEXT POTENTIAL IMPACT
Object: (2024 FS5)
Impact date: 2026-08-25 04:33
Impact energy: 6.06 megatons
Impact probability: 0.0000698100%

THE LARGEST POTENTIAL IMPACT
Object: 29075 (1950 DA)
Impact date: 2880-03-16 23:45
Impact energy: 75,180.00 megatons
Impact probability: 0.0377%

THE MOST PROBABLE IMPACT
Object: (2010 RF12)
Impact date: 2095-09-05 23:45
Impact energy: 0.01 megatons
Impact probability: 10.24%

#Asteroid #DontLookUp

Stephen Brooks 🦆1d ago

Five-mile-long peanut-shaped #asteroid. #space #NASA [video]
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/nasas-lucy-reveals-wobbling-peanut-shaped-asteroid/

NASA’s Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a

NASA Science

Daniel Fischer 2d ago

The Lucy flyby of (52246) #Donaldjohanson - a bilobed #asteroid with tumbling rotation: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec0503 -> NASA’s #Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/nasas-lucy-reveals-wobbling-peanut-shaped-asteroid/