Since the discovery of its two moons, the triple asteroid Minerva has been the focus of space- and ground-based telescope studies that have attempted to unravel the secrets of this intriguing system.

But in astronomy, bigger doesn’t always have to mean better. Minerva is taking a different approach. It will consist of four relatively small telescopes, each with a 0.7-meter mirror ...

Minerva, just 10 centimetres long, was released by a Japanese space probe but was lost before it could land, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says. The robot had been designed to ...

Minerva brings a major boost in computing power to the table, able to perform these calculations much more quickly than the AEI’s previous equipment. “The simulation of the first gravitational ...