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![Primates' ancestors may have left trees to survive asteroid](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_8bf6016afbee4bd3afb8c5b1d498a2ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_8bf6016afbee4bd3afb8c5b1d498a2ce~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Oct 12, 2021
Primates' ancestors may have left trees to survive asteroid
Computer models, fossil records and information from living mammals revealed that most of the surviving mammals did not rely on trees.
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![Where Earth's water comes from and other lessons from space](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_35fff2814d344b38adb4ef0454c9afe9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_35fff2814d344b38adb4ef0454c9afe9~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Oct 8, 2021
Where Earth's water comes from and other lessons from space
Two NAU astronomers presented groundbreaking research at the annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences, a branch of the AAS.
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![NASA's Lucy mission: A journey to the young solar system](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_6e16ced3ec924ed0af42678d72c3a362~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_6e16ced3ec924ed0af42678d72c3a362~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Oct 8, 2021
NASA's Lucy mission: A journey to the young solar system
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will launch in October 2021 on a 12-year journey to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids and will include three gravity assists
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![8-year-old Brazilian girl dubbed world's youngest astronomer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_f9e8000ed4cc4bf89b40a20d84123f2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_f9e8000ed4cc4bf89b40a20d84123f2e~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Oct 1, 2021
8-year-old Brazilian girl dubbed world's youngest astronomer
When Nicole Oliveira was just learning to walk, she would throw up her arms to reach for the stars in the sky.
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Joshua Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
Our solar system is protected from large interstellar objects -- we now know how
So far, we know of only two interstellar objects (ISO) to visit our solar system. They are 'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. There should be more.
![Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e914e2_bd2c909942b74aca8667b7aa752f96af~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e914e2_bd2c909942b74aca8667b7aa752f96af~mv2.webp)
Joshua Shavit
Sep 24, 2021
Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid
Study suggests that all living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs
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![A six-year search of the outer solar system turns up 461 new objects (but no Planet 9)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_4bbd2df87975474ba0da84c8d7aa53fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_4bbd2df87975474ba0da84c8d7aa53fb~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021
A six-year search of the outer solar system turns up 461 new objects (but no Planet 9)
In addition to gathering data on hundreds of known objects, this survey revealed 461 previously undetected objects.
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 24, 2021
Scientists locate likely origin for the dinosaur-killing asteroid
The asteroid credited with the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely originated from the outer half of the solar system
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![100 TRILLION objects like Borisov are visitors to our solar system from interstellar space](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/95ac29_695dcf268f5a430493a84d28715465ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/95ac29_695dcf268f5a430493a84d28715465ac~mv2.webp)
Joseph Shavit
Aug 24, 2021
100 TRILLION objects like Borisov are visitors to our solar system from interstellar space
Scientists think there may be 100 trillion Borisov-like interstellar comets, meteors, asteroids and other debris in the Oort cloud
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Joshua Shavit
Aug 10, 2021
First-time hi-res topography of asteroid Psyche taken using thermal imaging
The study's Psyche findings are a step toward resolving the mystery of the origin of this unusual object
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 9, 2021
There are 10,000 Quintillion reasons for NASA to travel to asteroid 16 Psyche
NASA is planning a mission up to an asteroid that is hurtling around in our solar system, and it could be a seriously lucrative mission.
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 27, 2021
Comet or asteroid: What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from?
It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor left behind a crater off the coast
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 5, 2021
NASA Approves Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope to Safeguard Earth
NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development
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Joseph Shavit
Jul 3, 2021
Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension
NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our nearest solar system neighbors
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