French Tribune Rogue Asteroids may be more Common than BelievedFrench TribuneIn the 1980s, the viewpoint of scientists regarding the solar system’s asteroids was static. They believed the asteroids formed near the Sun continue to exist near it and those away…
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Asteroids and Large Planets Cause 'Snow Globe' Effect – International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK Asteroids and Large Planets Cause ‘Snow Globe’ EffectInternational Business Times UKAsteroid belts cause disturbance within the solar system in the same way as a “snow globe”, it has been revealed. Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…
Asteroid Belt Holds Clues To Era Of Swinging Planets – NPR (blog)
NPR (blog) Asteroid Belt Holds Clues To Era Of Swinging PlanetsNPR (blog)The asteroid belt, a ring of rubble between Mars and Jupiter, has sometimes been written off as discarded leftovers from the solar system’s start. But new research published in…
New space map shows that 'rogue' asteroids may be more common than believed – Zee News
New space map shows that ‘rogue’ asteroids may be more common than believedZee NewsWashington: A new map developed by researchers from MIT and the Paris Observatory charts the size, composition, and location of more than 100,000 asteroids throughout the solar…
'Rogue' Asteroids Are Now Mainstream – Science 2.0
‘Rogue’ Asteroids Are Now MainstreamScience 2.0We know now that asteroids are relics that can tell us what the planets in our solar system may have been like before they formed cores and mantles and crusts. But that wasn’t always the…
MIT Scientists Claim Rogue Asteroids Are More Common Than Once Thought – RedOrbit
MIT Scientists Claim Rogue Asteroids Are More Common Than Once ThoughtRedOrbitScientists from MIT and the Paris Observatory claim that rogue asteroids are more common than previously thought. Previously, scientists believed that asteroids were static and remained near the sun. However,…
Asteroid Belt Once Shaken Like a Cosmic Snow Globe: CfA Says – Nature World News
Nature World News Asteroid Belt Once Shaken Like a Cosmic Snow Globe: CfA SaysNature World NewsJupiter may have once been as close to the Sun as Mars is now, and as it migrated through the main asteroid belt to its…
Astronomers say 'rogue' asteroids often found where they don't belong – UPI.com
Astronomers say ‘rogue’ asteroids often found where they don’t belongUPI.comBut in the last decade, asteroids that appear to have formed in warmer environments — that is, closer to the sun — have been found further out in the solar system,…
'Rogue Asteroids' Suggest Jupiter Once Migrated Much Closer To The Sun – Headlines & Global News
Headlines & Global News ‘Rogue Asteroids‘ Suggest Jupiter Once Migrated Much Closer To The SunHeadlines & Global NewsIn the 1980s researchers believed asteroids that were formed near the Sun remained there, and the same for those that formed farther away,…
Asteroid diversity points to a 'snow globe' solar system – Science Codex
Science Codex Asteroid diversity points to a ‘snow globe’ solar systemScience Codex“We found that the giant planets shook up the asteroids like flakes in a snow globe,” says lead author Francesca DeMeo, a Hubble postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center…