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How do spacecraft avoid collisions in the asteroid belt?
How do spacecraft avoid collisions when passing through the asteroid belt? Val-David SmithsonPleasant Grove, Utah Let's begin ...
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Smallest main-belt asteroids ever detected found hiding in JWST data
With the James Webb Space Telescope and updated processing techniques, researchers have detected asteroids just tens of ...
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Webb reveals the smallest asteroids yet found
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope now includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed. A team led by ...
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NASA’s James Webb Telescope Reveals Smallest Asteroids Yet Found in Main Asteroid Belt
NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed.
An ‘oddball’ asteroid-comet hybrid dates back 4.6 billion years
The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...
Astronomers discover two populations of unusual dark comets in our solar system
Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.
Is the planet Earth in danger? What was found in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars by the James Webb Space Telescope?
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered a number of small asteroids, some of which may be heading towards Earth.
The world's largest space telescope just got an unexpected new role: asteroid hunter
Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.
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Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice mix, James Webb Space Telescope finds
An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the ...
Planetary Defense: Webb Detects 138 Decameter-Sized Asteroids in the Main Belt
Astronomers have detected 138 decameter-sized rocky bodies in the main asteroid belt, marking the smallest asteroids ever ...
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth
Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Asteroids found in the main belt are the smallest ever detected
Astronomers used james webb telescope data to discover tiny main-belt asteroids, improving asteroid tracking and planetary ...