- A strange asteroid-comet could be key to understanding the birth of the solar system https://bgr.com/science/a-strange-asteroid-comet-could-be-key-to-understanding-the-birth-of-the-solar-system/ 8 comments space
- Water found on supposedly dry asteroids for the first time - This detection is surprising, because our current understanding of solar system formation would suggest that S types are anhydrous because of their formation location in the inner solar system https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/astronomy/dry-asteroids-water-molecules/ 14 comments science
- NASA's robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday https://theconversation.com/nasas-robotic-prospectors-are-helping-scientists-understand-what-asteroids-are-made-of-setting-the-stage-for-miners-to-follow-someday-214917 3 comments space
- AskScience AMA Series: I'm Dr. Gretchen Benedix, a cosmic mineralogist and astrogeologist, and I study space rocks! Currently a Professor at Curtin University, I use the chemistry, mineralogy, and spectroscopy of meteorites to understand the formation and evolution of asteroids and planets. AMA! https://interestingengineering.com/science/astrogeologist-space-rocks-important 141 comments askscience
- 'Photosynthetic' algae can survive the dark. Scientists discovered how some species of single-celled algae lived through an asteroid impact led to the extinction of almost three-quarters of life on Earth, a finding that could change how we understand global ocean processes. https://www.bigelow.org/news/articles/2021-12-15.html 2 comments science
- The Planetary Society has put up truly comprehensive and excellent resources to understand NASA's DART mission to smash an asteroid, and planetary defense at large, with articles, podcasts, graphics, interactive pages, and more. https://www.planetary.org/articles/dart-mission-resources 34 comments space
- Scientists used the Japanese-made spacecraft Hayabusa2 to fire a 2-kilogram copper cannonball into the asteroid Ryugu, a tiny, rocky body orbiting between Earth and Mars. The cannonball managed to blast a 14-meter-wide crater that helped researchers better understand Ryugu's gravity and age. https://www.inverse.com/science/scientists-fired-cannonball-into-asteroid-heres-what-happened-next 9 comments space
- Deep Space Station 14 has spent 44 years tracking spacecraft and helping to image planets, comets and asteroids. It 'is one of the main contributors to our understanding of the solar system.' http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deep-space-antenna-20101003,0,6414536.story?track=rss 42 comments science