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…
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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…
Asteroids Scarred by Solar System's Violent Youth – Discovery News
Space.com Asteroids Scarred by Solar System’s Violent YouthDiscovery NewsArtist’s impression of Jupiter’s migration through the solar system, sweeping asteroids out of stable orbits, sending them careening into one another. As the gas giant planets migrated, they stirred the contents of…
ICANN Labs takes a breather to focus on new ICANN website – Domain Name Wire
ICANN Labs takes a breather to focus on new ICANN websiteDomain Name WireThe four experiments run within ICANN Labs were instrumental in helping us understand what would work for a new ICANN website that seeks to not only inform concerned…
Asteroid Diversity Points to a "Snow Globe" Solar System – Space Fellowship
Space Fellowship Asteroid Diversity Points to a “Snow Globe” Solar SystemSpace FellowshipIn this artist’s conception, Jupiter’s migration through the solar system has swept asteroids out of stable orbits, sending them careening into one another. As the gas giant planets migrated,…
'Rogue' asteroids may be the norm – MIT News
Space.com ‘Rogue’ asteroids may be the normMIT NewsIn the 1980s, scientists’ view of the solar system’s asteroids was essentially static: Asteroids that formed near the sun remained near the sun; those that formed farther out stayed on the outskirts. But…
How Much Should We Really Worry About Asteroids? – Mashable
How Much Should We Really Worry About Asteroids?MashableTracking asteroids and patrolling the skies is a fascinating field — one that blends traditional science with the imagination-capturing realm of space rocks. The tales we heard in a story we published on…
Russia, US mulling over diversion of asteroid hazard – Russia Beyond The Headlines
Russia, US mulling over diversion of asteroid hazardRussia Beyond The HeadlinesRussia and the United States will pool efforts in the creation of asteroid diversion techniques. Russian Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov said in a video link with the administrator of…