Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers got a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid called Dinkinesh in November and detected a contact binary (two small space rocks touching each other) orbiting the asteroid like a moon. This… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers got a surprise when NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid called Dinkinesh in November and detected a contact binary (two small space rocks touching each other) orbiting the asteroid like a moon. This… Read More »
Illustration of an Earth-like planet watched by a giant Jupiter-like planet with a small sun in the distance. Scientists have created a first-of-its-kind catalog of planets outside the solar system that exhibit Earth-like sizes and are watched over by a Jupiter-like “big brother.” The catalog, known as the Kepler Giant Planet Search, took a decade… Read More »