Tagged content: Solar System

Top Stories of 2024: Artificial Intelligence, Earth’s Ancient Mysteries and More

Top Stories of 2024: Artificial Intelligence, Earth’s Ancient Mysteries and More

December 19, 2024
New Study Eases Concerns Over Possible “Doomsday” Asteroid Swarm

New Study Eases Concerns Over Possible “Doomsday” Asteroid Swarm

October 7, 2024
NASA’s DART Impact Permanently Changed the Shape and Orbit of Asteroid Moon

NASA’s DART Impact Permanently Changed the Shape and Orbit of Asteroid Moon

August 23, 2024
Astronomy Associate Research Scientist Patrick Whelley Answers Questions About the Moon

Astronomy Associate Research Scientist Patrick Whelley Answers Questions About the Moon

July 19, 2024
UMD Astronomy Ph.D. Student Joseph DeMartini Awarded Inaugural Schweickart Prize From the B612 Foundation

UMD Astronomy Ph.D. Student Joseph DeMartini Awarded Inaugural Schweickart Prize From the B612 Foundation

June 28, 2024
Moon Orbiting ‘Dinky’ Asteroid is Actually Two Tiny Moons Stuck Together

Moon Orbiting ‘Dinky’ Asteroid is Actually Two Tiny Moons Stuck Together

May 29, 2024
UMD Astronomer Helps Take a Closer Look at ‘Dinky’ Asteroid

UMD Astronomer Helps Take a Closer Look at ‘Dinky’ Asteroid

November 28, 2023
Quanzhi Ye Awarded 2023 Urey Prize from the American Astronomical Society

Quanzhi Ye Awarded 2023 Urey Prize from the American Astronomical Society

August 11, 2023
UMD Astronomer Leads Study that Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

UMD Astronomer Leads Study that Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

May 15, 2023