Asteroid Ryugu shaken by Hayabusa2’s impactor
The artificial impactor disturbed boulders within a 30m radius from the center of the impact crater- providing important insight into ...
Tag: Comets/Asteroids
Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
Findings lead to reclassification of Centaur as cometCredit: Courtesy Northern Arizona University Centaurs are minor planets believed to have originated ...
Two SwRI experiments fly aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket
Asteroid sampling technology, tapered liquid acquisition device tested in low gravityCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 13, 2020 -- Two ...
Spitzer space telescope legacy chronicled in Nature Astronomy
Credit: University of Central Florida To understand the significance of the Spitzer Space Telescope on the understanding of our solar ...
Arrokoth: Flattening of a snowman
Only in the course of several million years did Arrokoth, also known by its nickname Ultima Thule, acquire its bizarre, ...
Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
Credit: NAOJ A study of comet motions indicates that the Solar System has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of ...
SwRI study describes discovery of close binary trans-Neptunian object
Scientists utilized citizen science network to observe the objectCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 28, 2020 -- A ...
Remnants of an ancient asteroid shed new light on the early solar system
Credit: Modified after Koike et al. (2020) EPSL Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in ...
Ryugu’s rocky past
Different kinds of rocks on Ryugu provide clues to the asteroid's turbulent historyCredit: © 2020 Tatsumi et al. The asteroid ...
Modern theory from ancient impacts
Meteorite study calls into doubt a popular theory about the early solar systemCredit: © Sano et al. Around 4 billion ...
SwRI scientist searches for stellar phosphorus to find potentially habitable exoplanets
Stellar chemical compositions used as proxy for potentially habitable systemsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 16, 2020 -- A Southwest ...
New small satellite to rendezvous with binary asteroids
Credit: Lockheed Martin The University of Colorado Boulder and Lockheed Martin will soon lead a new space mission to capture ...
SwRI-led study indicates sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid Bennu
Research uses data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx missionCredit: NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 9, 2020 -- A new study ...
Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained
Understanding the origins of extremely oblique orbital angles such as these could help reveal details about the planetary formation processCredit: ...