A newly found space rock almost broke a speed record. The asteroid, called 2025 SC79, has a pathway within the orbit of Venus that zips around the sun in only 128 days, making it the second-fastest unique asteroid orbit in the solar system, according to a statement from Carnegie Science. 2025 SC79 is also a pretty big asteroid: roughly 0.4 …
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Astronomers have discovered a 2,300-foot-wide (700 meters) asteroid hidden in the sun’s glare, and it’s whizzing through our solar system at a near record-breaking pace. The skyscraper-size asteroid, named 2025 SC79, loops around the sun once every 128 days, giving it the second-fastest asteroid orbit in the solar system. It is also only the second known space object that orbits …
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In the distant past, the Solar System was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time, many of them eventually became part of the rocky planets. What’s left of the space rocks are mostly gathered in the main asteroid belt. But some are otherwise hidden …
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