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How do planets clear out objects on the other side of their orbit?

To be a planet, NASA says an object must be big enough that its gravity has cleared away any other objects of a similar size ...
Space.com

'Like putting a microscope into the core of the sun': World's 1st space-based neutrino detector launches to orbit

Despite being the most abundant particles in the universe, neutrinos are notoriously difficult to detect. Could launching a space-based detector close to the sun change that? When you purchase through ...
Los Angeles Times

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was in fact nudged into a ...
New Scientist

NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time

Humanity has shifted an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for the first time. This was achieved by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in 2022, but the effect has only now been ...
Gulf News

Solar storm: 40 satellites knocked out of their orbit, incinerated upon re-entry back to Earth

Sun’s fury: how satellites and communications on Earth can be affected Scientists are working hard to predict solar flares, the holy grail of space weather. By studying these flares and coronal mass ...
Seattle Times

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming ...