Gaia Unveils Hidden Moons: Over 350 Asteroids with Natural Satellites

Gaia Unveils Hidden Moons: Over 350 Asteroids with Natural Satellites In a groundbreaking discovery, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope has identified potential moons orbiting over 350 asteroids, previously thought to be solitary wanderers of our Solar System. This revelation underscores Gaia’s unparalleled capability in conducting ‘blind searches’ and tracking celestial bodies with […]

NASA’s NEOWISE Asteroid Hunter: A Decade of Near-Earth Object Discoveries and the Future of Planetary Defense

NASA’s NEOWISE Asteroid Hunter: A Decade of Near-Earth Object Discoveries and the Future of Planetary Defense NASA’s NEOWISE mission, originally launched as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) in 2009, has recently concluded after an illustrious career spanning nearly 15 years. The spacecraft, which orbited Earth, was designed to scan the sky for infrared signals, […]