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Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen
Saturn seems to have snatched its first known Trojan asteroid, designated 2019 UO14, a few thousand years ago as the space ...
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Earth's ancient rings: Scientists uncover cosmic mystery
similar to those of Saturn. Scientists drew these conclusions based on the analysis of the locations of craters on our planet. Scientists, based on the analysis of asteroid craters, claimed that ...
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‘Enceladus is next’: A tiny asteroid just proved Saturn’s Moon might host life
A capsule containing 122 grams of asteroid Bennu’s dust and rock was dropped over Utah in 2023 after OSIRIS-REx’s two-year return journey, preserving its ancient secrets. The sample was ...
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Deposits found on a nearby asteroid point to salty water in the outer Solar System
The deposits could prove crucial in comparing the evolved water in the dwarf planet Ceres -- located in the Asteroid Belt -- and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, since researchers believe these ...
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NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life
Many are pushing for a mission to collect rocks and dirt from the potentially waterlogged dwarf planet Ceres in the main asteroid belt. Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus also ...