The asteroid Kleopatra, like its namesake, the last pharaoh and queen of Egypt, gave birth to twins — two moons probably spawned by the asteroid sometime in the past 100 million years. A team of ...
The most detailed telescope photographs yet of the asteroid Kleopatra — named after the ancient Egyptian queen — clearly show its weird “dog-bone” shape, and astronomers say their studies of it could ...
Dogged observations helped scientists sniff out a better understanding of the space rock. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New ...
Like the ancient Egyptian queen it was named for, the asteroid Kleopatra has birthed twins — a pair of moons that have helped scientists learn that the huge space rock is a rubble pile rather than a ...
Like the ancient Egyptian queen it was named for, the asteroid Kleopatra has birthed twins — a pair of moons that have helped scientists learn that the huge space rock is a rubble pile rather than a ...
It’s true: 124 million miles (200 kilometers) might be a long way for your dog to fetch this cosmic bone. But thanks in part to two powerful telescopes, astronomers were able to inspect the dog-bone ...
An artist’s impression of the ‘dog-bone asteroid’ over Italy (Credits: ESO/M. Kornmesser/Marchis et al.) A bizarre asteroid that looks like a giant dog bone has been captured by astronomers. The space ...
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