WiththehelpoftheHubbleSpaceTelescope,aninternationalresearchteamhasobservedanunusualpairofspacerocksintheasteroidbeltbetweenMarsandJupiter.Thisbinaryasteroid,la
ResearchersattheFinnishMeteorologicalInstitute(FMI)presentedamissionplantodayattheEuropeanPlanetaryScienceCongressthatwouldallowscientiststoobservehundredsofast
To date, astronomers haven't seen asteroid families (that is, asteroids with a common source) in the Solar System older than about 3 billion years -- well after the star system came to be 4.5 billion years ago.
Todate,astronomershaven'tseenasteroidfamilies(thatis,asteroidswithacommonsource)intheSolarSystemolderthanabout3billionyears--wellafterthestarsystemcametobe4.5bi