The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad newsletter, in which resident space expert Leah Crane journeys through the solar system and beyond. You can sign up for Launchpad for free here.
It seems like once every year or two, I have a couple weeks where it seems like all I’m writing about is rocks in space. Asteroids, comets (which are just wet asteroids), dwarf planets (big asteroids), moons (trapped asteroids), you get the gist. And…