Asteroids with moons, like the one targeted by NASA's DART mission, exchange material by throwing dirty "cosmic snowballs" at each other. Asteroids that come in pairs constantly throw “cosmic snowballs” at each other, a new analysis of DART data reveals. This research also highlights a concerning statistic: if the thought of a single planet-shattering space rock wasn’t alarming enough,... [2533 chars]
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