‘Rogue’ asteroids may be the norm
A new map of the solar system’s asteroids shows more diversity than previously thought.
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A new map of the solar system’s asteroids shows more diversity than previously thought.
Scientists find that Mars, not Earth, shakes up some near-Earth asteroids.
The largest asteroid is 12 miles in diameter, but poses little immediate threat to Earth.
Researchers find that huge craters on the near side of the moon may overstate the intensity of asteroid impacts about 4.1 billion years ago.
Paulo Lozano is designing tiny ion thrusters for the next generation of satellites
Map reveals a lopsided cloud distribution on an extremely hot planet.
Two MIT professors are among 24 recipients nationwide of this year’s unrestricted $625,000 prizes from the MacArthur Foundation.
Design inflates with a powder that turns into gas.
Researchers find material ejects itself before black hole can devour it.
Researchers, in a step toward analyzing Mars for signs of life, find that gene-sequencing chip can survive space radiation.
Simulations based on GRAIL data show how gravitational anomalies developed early in lunar history.
Potentially habitable planets are slightly larger than Earth.
$200 million project will launch telescopes to perform full-sky search for transiting exoplanets.
MIT physicist and AMS spokesman Samuel Ting presents results via webcast.