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- Earth from Space: The Mekong Deltaon April 19, 2024
Image: Earth from Space: The Mekong Delta
- Watch live: ESA astronaut class of 2022 graduation ceremonyon April 19, 2024
- Rare sighting of ‘doomed’ SOHO comet during solar eclipseon April 19, 2024
Image: Photo of total solar eclipse
- Hubble goes hunting for small main-belt asteroidson April 18, 2024
Astronomers recently used a trove of archived images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to visually snag a largely unseen population of smaller asteroids in their tracks. The treasure hunt required pursuing 37 000 Hubble images spanning 19 years. The payoff was finding 1701 asteroid trails, with 1031 of those asteroids uncatalogued. About 400 of these uncatalogued asteroids are about below a km in size.