Crazy Spinners in the Asteroid Belt and S8 Tension

Walkabout the Galaxy by Joshua Colwell

Jan 14, 202646:21Science & Medicine

The amazing discoveries from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have already started, and the astroquarks take a look at some close to home. Asteroids bigger than a city block spinning in fewer than 5 minutes are just the beg...

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