Michael Flores+FollowSpace Siblings: Bennu & Ryugu’s Wild OriginPlot twist: NASA’s latest James Webb Telescope data suggests that Bennu and Ryugu—those famous asteroids we’ve been sampling—might actually be long-lost siblings from the same ancient mega-asteroid! Both rocks are shaped like spinning tops and could help us understand how asteroid families form. Scientists aren’t 100% sure yet, but the evidence is stacking up. Imagine: billions of years ago, one giant space rock shattered, and now its pieces are zooming around our solar system! #Science #JamesWebb #Asteroids20Share
Michael Flores+FollowThis Camera Just Found 2,000+ New AsteroidsThe first images from the Vera Rubin Observatory’s massive new camera are wild—millions of galaxies, nebulae, and over 2,000 never-seen-before asteroids (including some near-Earth ones, but don’t worry, we’re safe). This telescope is about to scan the entire night sky every few nights for a decade, basically making a real-life time-lapse movie of the universe. Can you imagine what else it’ll find? Stay tuned for more cosmic surprises! #SpaceNews #Asteroids #VeraRubin #Science60Share
Zachary Gutierrez+FollowMillions of Hidden Space Rocks Revealed!Get ready for a wild space reveal: a new observatory in Chile is about to uncover millions of hidden asteroids, comets, and ancient space rocks in our solar system. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will scan the sky with the biggest digital camera ever, basically doubling our asteroid count in a year (it took 225 years to find the first 1.5 million!). We’re talking new clues about how planets formed—and way better asteroid defense for Earth. Space nerds, this is huge! #SpaceDiscovery #RubinObservatory #Asteroids #Science100Share
Patrick Simmons+FollowVenus Is Hiding City-Killer Asteroids?!Did you know there are at least 3 massive asteroids hiding near Venus that could slam into Earth with barely any warning? Scientists say these space rocks are basically invisible to our telescopes because of the sun’s glare, and if their orbits shift just a little, they could hit us with a force a million times stronger than Hiroshima. We’d only have a couple weeks’ notice—yikes! Space agencies are scrambling for a solution, but for now, it’s cosmic roulette. Wild, right? #Asteroids #SpaceNews #Science40Share
Tamara Jones+FollowAsteroids Hiding Behind the Sun?!Scientists just found a whole field of asteroids chilling near Venus, hidden by the Sun’s glare. These sneaky space rocks could actually cross paths with Earth—and some are big enough to do serious damage. The wild part? Their orbits are super unpredictable, so we can’t say for sure if or when one might head our way. Researchers say we need to study them up close, but spotting them from Earth is almost impossible. Space drama, anyone? #SpaceNews #Asteroids #Venus #Science111Share
Patrick Simmons+FollowHidden Asteroids Near Venus?!Did you know there could be a bunch of sneaky asteroids hanging out with Venus that we can barely see from Earth? Scientists say these 'co-orbital' asteroids might actually be a bigger threat than we thought, since they’re super hard to spot (thanks, Sun glare) and could swing by Earth. Some are big enough to wipe out a city! Researchers think we might need to send a spacecraft closer to Venus just to catch them all. Space is wild, right? #SpaceNews #Asteroids #Venus #Science71Share
martinezlaura+FollowAsteroids Are Zooming By—Should We Worry?NASA’s got eyes on three asteroids—one as big as a house—whizzing past Earth at insane speeds (think 16,000 to 41,000 mph!). The closest one is coming within 120,000 miles, but don’t freak out: NASA says there’s no real risk of impact. Even that 200-foot asteroid that once had a 3% chance of hitting us in 2032? Now it’s basically zero. Still, wild to think about how much space stuff is flying by! #NASA #Asteroids #SpaceNews #Science20Share
Arthur Booker+FollowNASA Finds a Giant Space Bowling Pin?!So, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft just snapped pics of an asteroid that looks like a lumpy bowling pin floating between Mars and Jupiter. Turns out, this space rock is way bigger than expected—so big, Lucy couldn’t even fit it all in one shot! Why does this matter? Well, these flybys are like practice runs for Lucy’s real mission: checking out the mysterious Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Think of it as a cosmic road trip with pit stops for some wild photo ops! #SpaceNews #Asteroids #NASA #ScienceIsCool #CoffeeBreak #Business70Share
