Why some objects in space look like snowmen: Gravitational collapse may shed light on contact binaries

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...
Astronomy

Surprise! NASA’s Lucy mission uncovered an asteroid moon that is actually two in one

NASA's Lucy mission discovered that its initial target asteroid, Dinkinesh, possesses a binary satellite system consisting of two objects in permanent contact (a contact binary). The Lucy Long-Range ...
SpaceNews

Large asteroid is two orbiting objects

An asteroid that has eluded astronomers for decades turns out to be an unusual pair of objects traveling together in space, a UCLA planetary scientist and colleagues report. The asteroid Hermes was ...
Engadget

Two red objects between Mars and Jupiter may explain how the solar system formed

A group of scientists has discovered two unusually red objects in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, and they may have originated from farther in the solar system. These objects — called 203 ...