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Marina Koren is the recipient of the 2023 Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award for distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences for the article “The Existential Wonder of Space” published in The Atlantic.
The Hubble images of the Dimorphos boulder swarm are pretty cool; here's the full story, in a paper posted on @arXiv. https://t.co/cCmGhMlzl3 #DART#Dimorphos
Last year, the DART spacecraft took a dive into asteroid Dimorphos, changing its orbit.
Now we can see another result: The impact also flung out at least 37 boulders, which are now orbiting alongside the battered asteroid.
https://t.co/tKIl1Wq5Pm
https://t.co/GpXeXi3k2w @ESO
Using @almaobs, astronomers have detected a cloud of debris that might be sharing another exoplanet’s orbit. If confirmed, this discovery would be the strongest evidence yet that two exoplanets can share one orbit.
Scenes from space rock band practice. 🤘🎸
Recovery teams in Utah rehearsed how they'll retrieve the asteroid sample collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Delivery to Earth is set for Sept. 24, 2023. See images of the #ToBennuAndBack practice run: https://t.co/4K62zVUsnw