Every asteroid with a 'neck' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built
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"Every asteroid with a 'neck' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Futura, le média qui explore le monde, Metro.co.uk, uniladtech.com and Phys.org. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- Why This Three-Lobed Asteroid Could Change Everything We Know About Planets Futura, le média qui explore le monde · 88d ago
- A 'three-headed asteroid' has been discovered Metro.co.uk · 88d ago
- Scientists 'disturbed' by three-headed asteroid that would trigger the end of Earth if it hit us uniladtech.com · 88d ago
- The asteroid that may be three worlds Phys.org · 88d ago
- Every asteroid with a 'neck' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built spacedaily.com · 88d ago
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