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Daniel Pomarède<p>469219 Kamoʻoalewa</p><p>China sets out to sample an unusual near-Earth asteroid. The target, flying in a rare quasi-satellite orbit, could be a piece of the Moon.</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/china-sets-out-sample-unusual-near-earth-asteroid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/ch</span><span class="invisible">ina-sets-out-sample-unusual-near-earth-asteroid</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamo%CA%BBoalewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kamoʻoalewa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kamooalewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kamooalewa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Lauri Siltala<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jannem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jannem</span></a></span> Both sampling across the entire rotation phase and multiple viewing angles (orientation of an <a href="https://solarsystem.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> relative to Earth is never constant)! are critical.</p><p><a href="https://solarsystem.social/tags/radar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radar</span></a> data in use here is all from <a href="https://solarsystem.social/tags/Arecibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arecibo</span></a> - the LPI has most of it at <a href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/asteroids/asteroid/?asteroid_id=2010LE15" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lpi.usra.edu/resources/asteroi</span><span class="invisible">ds/asteroid/?asteroid_id=2010LE15</span></a> if you want to see. With these observations, one beams a radio signal to the asteroid and observes the echo returned. Interesting observed parameters include Doppler shift, polarization and echo power.</p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> impact 💥 craters in <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://umap.openstreetmap.de/en/map/meteor-craters_94040" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">umap.openstreetmap.de/en/map/m</span><span class="invisible">eteor-craters_94040</span></a></p><p>Frequency and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event#Frequency_and_risk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_e</span><span class="invisible">vent#Frequency_and_risk</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/AsteroidThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsteroidThreat</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MeteorCrater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeteorCrater</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/meteorites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meteorites</span></a></p>
Sternwarte Dresden-Gönnsdorf<p>Keine Gefahr für die Erde, aber vielleicht für den Mond..?🌔Der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2024YR4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024YR4</span></a> bleibt im Blick der Planetary Defense Community.🔭Klingt nach einem epischen Namen?Nicht nur der ist episch, auch die Aufgaben sind es.Mehr darüber gibt es im aktuellen Beitrag von Josis Blick in den Himmel👉<a href="https://sternwarte-goennsdorf.de/josi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sternwarte-goennsdorf.de/josi/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> .Das Foto des James-Webb-Teleskops zeigt den Asteroiden.Unspektakulär?Der Brocken ist so groß wie ein Gebäude mit 15 Stockwerken!😮<br>Fotocredits: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/esa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/csa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>csa</span></a> STScI, A. Rivkin (JHU APL)</p>
Unofficial PetaPixel Bot<p>Viral Video of an Asteroid Exploding on the Moon is Fake <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/05/13/viral-video-of-an-asteroid-exploding-on-the-moon-is-fake/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2025/05/13/viral</span><span class="invisible">-video-of-an-asteroid-exploding-on-the-moon-is-fake/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/viralvideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viralvideo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viral</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a></p>
Aethelflaed<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <br> For a long time scientists have thought that Vesta one of the largest objects in our asteroid belt was an asteroid. Then they decided that actually it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle and core. But now they have discovered that it doesn't actually have a core and so actually it is... in need of further research. It may be that it was the beginning of an early planet or it is a piece of a growing planet. <br><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250428220616.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/250428220616.htm</span></a></p>
Khurram Wadee ✅<p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donaldjohanson</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Picture</span></a> of the Day</p><p><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250425.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250425.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a></p>
Unofficial PetaPixel Bot<p>NASA Lucy Spacecraft Snaps Asteroid Donaldjohanson from 600 Miles Away <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/04/24/nasa-lucy-spacecraft-snaps-asteroid-donaldjohanson-from-600-miles-away/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2025/04/24/nasa-</span><span class="invisible">lucy-spacecraft-snaps-asteroid-donaldjohanson-from-600-miles-away/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/nasalucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasalucy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>NASA’s Lucy Captures Stunning Views of Peanut-Shaped Asteroid in Latest Flyby</p><p>Asteroid Donaldjohanson has turned out to be a picturesque waypoint as NASA’s mission heads toward Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/nasas-lucy-captures-stunning-views-of-peanut-shaped-asteroid-in-latest-flyby-2000592355" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/nasas-lucy-capture</span><span class="invisible">s-stunning-views-of-peanut-shaped-asteroid-in-latest-flyby-2000592355</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donaldjohanson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>NASA’s Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin.</p><p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span>: "Lucy passed within 600 miles (960 kilometers) of the harmless asteroid known as Donaldjohanson on Sunday in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/6Xv-Wc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/6Xv-Wc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a></p>
Stephen Sekula<p>NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson</p><p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-lucy-spacecraft-images-asteroid-donaldjohanson/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/image-article</span><span class="invisible">/nasas-lucy-spacecraft-images-asteroid-donaldjohanson/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/flyby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flyby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldjohanson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cooleysekula.net/tags/LucyMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucyMission</span></a></p>
Alan Boyle<p>A double scoop? Imagery from NASA's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucy</span></a> spacecraft reveals that an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donaldjohanson</span></a> is a mooshed-together double space rock with a ridged structure in the middle that has been compared to a pair of nested ice cream cones. <a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/04/21/lucy-probe-snaps-closeup-of-weirdly-shaped-asteroid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/04/21/lucy-</span><span class="invisible">probe-snaps-closeup-of-weirdly-shaped-asteroid/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
Daniel Pomarède<p>Meet Asteroid Donaldjohanson: Long and Lumpy</p><p>During a close flyby on April 20th, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft surprised its science team by revealing an asteroid that was once two smaller pieces that have been conjoined into a larger whole. </p><p>by Emily Lakdawalla for Sky and Telescope<br><a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/meet-asteroid-donaldjohanson/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-</span><span class="invisible">news/meet-asteroid-donaldjohanson/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donaldjohanson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
CosmicRami<p>Asteroids are just giant space peanuts.</p><p>I know you see it too.</p><p>Asteroid Donaldjohanson as captured by Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft.</p><p>📸 NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donaldjohanson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a></p>
Colin Purrington<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@spacegeck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spacegeck</span></a></span> The Potato asteroid is 4.8 km in diameter, which apparently is "mid-sized." Spacereference.org has a handy graphic that uses Mount Everest as a reference. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/potato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>potato</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AstroForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AstroForge</span></a> CEO Matt Gialich isn’t surprised the startup failed to reach its destination on its first <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> mission <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Odin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Odin</span></a> in February: <a href="https://payloadspace.com/a-post-mission-debrief-with-astroforges-ceo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">payloadspace.com/a-post-missio</span><span class="invisible">n-debrief-with-astroforges-ceo/</span></a> - in fact, don’t be surprised if the next spacecraft, set to launch with Intuitive Machine’s IM-3 this fall, fails too.</p>
Olly 👾<p>NASA doubles odds of Moon hitting Near-Earth Asteroid [2024 YR4].</p><p>"Experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have updated [2024 YR4]’s chance of impacting the Moon on December 22, 2032 from 1.7 to 3.8 percent," the agency said.</p><p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/planetary-defense/2025/04/02/nasa-update-on-the-size-estimate-and-lunar-impact-probability-of-asteroid-2024-yr4/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/blogs/planeta</span><span class="invisible">ry-defense/2025/04/02/nasa-update-on-the-size-estimate-and-lunar-impact-probability-of-asteroid-2024-yr4/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/2024yr4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024yr4</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@planet4589" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>planet4589</span></a></span> : "When I was a kid 🧒, it was <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEO</span></a>. Now, the frontier is out near the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> belt, and the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> are becoming part of where humanity just hangs out, maybe not yet as people, but with <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a>. Meanwhile, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEO</span></a> is so normalized that it doesn’t take a <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceAgency</span></a> to deal with it. You just call <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a>. Thousand years from now, perhaps more people live off Earth 🌌 than on it" <a href="https://www.cearkadia.edu.pl/jonathan-mcdowell-on-retiring-from-harvard-and-leaving-the-u-s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cearkadia.edu.pl/jonathan-mcdo</span><span class="invisible">well-on-retiring-from-harvard-and-leaving-the-u-s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceExploration</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceHistory</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>A preview of the visit of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donaldjohanson</span></a> by <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucy</span></a> on 20 April: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL9_0sagfBg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=OL9_0sagfB</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a> &lt;- <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/lucy/nasas-lucy-spacecraft-prepares-second-asteroid-encounter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/missions/lucy/nasas-l</span><span class="invisible">ucy-spacecraft-prepares-second-asteroid-encounter/</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>A Pre-flyby View on the Origin of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donaldjohanson</span></a>, a Target of the NASA <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucy</span></a> Mission: <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/adb4f4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iopscience.iop.org/article/10.</span><span class="invisible">3847/PSJ/adb4f4</span></a> -&gt; interview with the first author: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfmkEjoyesw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rfmkEjoyes</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p>