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NASAโ€™s Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid http://dlvr.it/TT6Dr3 #Asteroids #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Lucy #Missions
NASA Flyby Reveals Violent Origin of Weird Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

The oddly shaped rock is likely the byproduct of a catastrophic collision millions of years ago.

Gizmodo
Was life delivered to Earth by asteroids with a helping hand from Jupiter?
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=was-life-delivered-to-earth-by-asteroids-with-a-helping-hand-from-jupiter
<p>Earth may have gotten some of the key ingredients for life from asteroids in the inner solar system
#asteroids #delivered #jupiter #helping
Was life delivered to Earth by asteroids with a helping hand from Jupiter?

Earth may have gotten some of the key ingredients for life from asteroids in the inner solar system, but not without assistance from Jupiter.

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ TIL: ๐ŸŒ โ˜„๏ธ #HamiltonCollege astronomer Adam Lark breaks down #asteroids, #comets, #meteors, and #meteorites โ€“ where they form, how they light up our sky, and how to spot a real meteorite on the ground.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://theconversation.com/asteroid-or-comet-meteor-or-meteorite-how-to-identify-and-classify-the-rocks-you-see-streaking-through-the-sky-283958

#solarsystem #astronomy #science #stargazing #meteorshowers #nasa #kids #nightsky #observatory

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

An observatory director describes the differences between the types of rocks that fly through space.

The Conversation

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ TIL: ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธโ“ #JPL astronomer T. Joseph W. Lazio published a #paper asking a single question: are there alien #artifacts in our solar system?

His conclusion: we have no idea. Our best surveys of the #Moon cover only meters per pixel, most of the #solarsystem is mapped at kilometer scale, and we can't reliably distinguish a dead probe from a random rock.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.universetoday.com/articles/are-alien-probes-hiding-in-our-backyard-a-new-study-says-weve-barely-looked

#astronomy #space #seti #aliens #probes #nasa #astrobiology #mars #asteroids #research

Are Alien Probes Hiding in Our Backyard? A New Study Says Weโ€™ve Barely Looked

Even at this early stage in our space faring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other solar systems, even if that was not their original intention. Five robotic explorers - Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, and New Horizons - are all on escape velocities out of the solar system, and might someday enter another one. They will no longer be operational at that point, but they serve as a proof of concept that spacefaring civilizations do indeed build interstellar probes. Which raises the obvious question - has anyone else sent their own robotic explorers to ours? In a recent paper, published in the Proceedings of the IAU Centenary Symposium, astronomer T. Joseph W. Lazio, points out a painful truth - we still have no idea, and our technology will need to get much better if we plan to find out.

Universe Today

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ TIL: ๐ŸŒ โ˜„๏ธ #HamiltonCollege astronomer Adam Lark breaks down #asteroids, #comets, #meteors, and #meteorites โ€“ where they form, how they light up our sky, and how to spot a real meteorite on the ground.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://theconversation.com/asteroid-or-comet-meteor-or-meteorite-how-to-identify-and-classify-the-rocks-you-see-streaking-through-the-sky-283958

#solarsystem #astronomy #science #stargazing #meteorshowers #nasa #kids #nightsky #observatory

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

An observatory director describes the differences between the types of rocks that fly through space.

The Conversation