A geologic map of the asteroid belt: Tracing meteorites back to their origins
Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
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Asteroid Belt Geologic Map Unveiled
Jenniskens and Devillepoix find that low iron (L chondrite) and very low iron (LL chondrite) meteorites come to us primarily from the inner main belt. Scientists have long linked the LL chondrites to ...
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NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Historic Flyby of the Mysterious Asteroid Donaldjohanson
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is gearing up for an exciting flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025. The mission, ...
Model suggests asteroid Donaldjohanson formed 150 million years ago
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
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Radar Technology Detects Meteorite Falls, Opening New Frontiers in Space Science
The discovery that weather radar systems can detect meteorite falls marks a significant leap in how scientists study and ...