The team theorized that Dinky’s rapid spinning, influenced by the uneven reflection of sunlight, caused it to shed rocky ...
Astronomers were in for a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew by an asteroid named Dinkinesh in November and spotted a ...
A solar radiation-triggered quake likely caused the asteroid Dinkinesh to lose material. Some of it became a moon that now ...
More than 27,000 asteroids in our solar system had been overlooked in existing telescope images — but thanks to a new AI-powered algorithm, we now have a catalog of them. The scientists behind the ...
Researchers have proposed a model for how a double moon named Selam formed around the tiny asteroid Dinkinesh. This is the ...
The moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two tiny moons stuck together. Collectively called 'Selam,' the two moonlets bring new insight into the complex processes behind planetary ...
NASA scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery of a new planet that could potentially support human life. Located 40 ...
The small moon, which is the first contact-binary satellite found orbiting an asteroid, was spun off its parent space rock.
A little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by NASA's Lucy spacecraft - has a surprisingly dynamic history, ...