Research Uncovers Forces That Hold Gravity-Defying Near-Earth Asteroid Together

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The UT team studied near-Earth asteroid 1950 DA and discovered that the body, which rotates so quickly it defies gravity, is held together by cohesive forces called van der Waals, never detected before on an asteroid.

Read the whole article on Newswise - Scinews

More from Newswise - Scinews

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net