Space Photos of the Week: YORP Effect, Cosmic Ducks, and More

This is Gault, an asteroid that is slowly breaking apart as it moves through space. It’s about 500,000 miles long and over 3,000 miles wide. Scientists think that it’s being destroyed by a mechanism called YORP—basically sunlight hits the surface of the asteroid and warms it up. The radiation that escapes due to the heating …

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