Tag: Space telescopes
Unveiling Hidden Moons: Gaia Telescope Discovers Over 350 Asteroids with Moons
The European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery by spotting potential moons orbiting over 350 asteroids. This discovery has the potential to almost double the number of known binary asteroid...
NASA’s Asteroid Hunter Captures Final Image Before Shutdown
NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft, which spent over a decade scanning the skies for asteroids and comets that could potentially threaten Earth, has officially reached the end of its mission. The final image captured by NEOWISE...
352 Asteroids with Moonlets: Uncovering Celestial Companions in Space
A new discovery by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft has revealed 352 asteroids in the solar system that are likely accompanied by their own orbiting moons. These systems, known as "binary asteroids," provide...