It wasn't until the year 2000 that astronomer noticed that Asteroid 90 Antitope was not a single asteroid but a duo. Instead of a single solitary space rock these are two objects that are orbiting a common centre of gravity.
The binary asteroid 90.
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A mile wide asteroid named 2006 VV2 will skim past Earth today. The asteroid was discovered in November by LINEAR, an automated telescope scouring the skies for potentially hazardous objects.
The asteroid will appear to move at twice the speed...
The most intriguing question for every astronomer is that are we alone in this vast black universe...? If I were to give an answer to this question I would say No!
Considering the part of the Universe that still has to be explored by humans, w
Imagine being on a planet which has two or more suns. You will see two suns setting down the horizon one after another.
Astronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed that planetary systems thrive in stellar twins. Since more.
According to researchers Meteorites that strike Earth contain important information about the evolution of the solar system.
More than 31,000 meteorites have been found on our planet with weights ranging from one gram to 60 metric...
This looks like an incident which was bound to happen. The result could also have been disastrous. Pilots of a Chilean commercial aircraft approaching the Auckland airport in New Zealand said they spotted flaming space debris falling past their...
China has signed an agreement with Russia, to stage a joint unmanned mission to Mars and one of its moons in two years.
According to the agreement, micro-satellite developed by China will be launched along with Phobos Explorer, a Russian...
For the first time a team of Swedish, Canadian, Finnish and French scientists have discovered the presence of molecular oxygen in interstellar space.
This new discovery can make scientists understand the formation of stars in interstellar clouds...
NASAs Cassini spacecraft has imaged a bizarre hexagon shaped feature covering the entire north pole of Saturn.
This feature was also imaged by NASAs Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts two decades ago. This means that the feature is a long-lived one....
The crew members have nothing more to do aboard the ISS than continue doing experiments and research work.
They are currently working on several experiments that include monitoring sleep/wake patterns and light exposure and collecting blood and..
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