NASA names an asteroid discovered by a 14-year-old boy from Noida; here’s how you can discover one too
Daksh Malik, a young boy from Noida, India, recently discovered an asteroid through the International Asteroid Discovery ...
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When And Where To See The Big ‘City Killer’ Asteroid Called ‘Dizzy’ Whizz Close To Earth This Weekend
Project. Asteroids vary in size, from 33 feet/10 meters to the largest known asteroid, Vesta, which has a diameter of 329 miles/530 kilometers and is the brightest asteroid visible from Earth ...
NASA lets Noida teenager name an asteroid; here’s how you can do the same
A Noida teenager, Daksh Malik, has made headlines after discovering an asteroid through the International Asteroid Discovery ...
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Mysterious features on asteroid Vesta may be explained by saltwater
On a large asteroid named Vesta, mysteriously curved gullies and fan-shaped deposits may have formed from short-lived flows ...
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Lab work digs into gullies seen on giant asteroid Vesta by NASA's Dawn
But on some worlds, including the giant asteroid Vesta that NASA's Dawn mission explored, the surfaces also contain deep channels, or gullies, whose origins are not fully understood. A prime ...
14-year-old boy from Noida discovers asteroid, Nasa asks him to name it
Daksh Malik, who studies in class 9, identified an asteroid in space. Nasa confirmed and recognised the asteroid and ...
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This Is Where ‘Shooting Stars’ Really Come From — Scientists
Of the 10% of meteorites without a known source, 6% come from the moon, Mars or Vesta, the latter one of the largest objects in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. All meteor showers ...
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Dwarf planet Ceres: Building blocks of life delivered from space
The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic world. However, the organic deposits discovered on its surface so far are unlikely to originate from its interior. The organic material found in a few areas ...
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Ves­ta and Ceres: born at the same time and yet so dif­fer­ent
Most of them have a diameter of between 20 to 100 kilometres, a few up to 500 kilometres, but none are larger than Ceres: with its 1000- kilometre diameter, it makes up more than a third of the total ...
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Asteroid Impact
NASA’s Dawn mission to the asteroid Vesta revealed mysterious gullies on its surface. New lab experiments, simulating Vesta's harsh vacuum conditions, suggest that liquid water, possibly briny ...
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Love Horoscope For Each Zodiac Sign On January 3 — Vesta Enters Scorpio
Asteroid Vesta encourages healing and investing energy in what aligns with one's heart and dreams for the future. Vesta in Scorpio brings about a greater depth to your relationships. It will ...
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New year, new feature: On this date in space exploration history
DAWN launched on Sept. 27, 2007. After visiting the asteroid Vesta, the DAWN probe reached Ceres on March 6, 2015. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. It was the first ...