The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon—but Only for About a Month
On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little ...
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Earth is getting a second moon and here’s how long it’ll be around for
The temporary moon will begin to appear towards the end of September. Its appearance is the result of a small asteroid piece ...
OTD In Space - September 18: Voyager 1 Takes First Photo Of Earth-Moon System
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were ...
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Europe's Hera probe to launch Oct. 7 to inspect asteroid NASA smacked in 2022
Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's launch window opens on Oct. 7 ...
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Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'
An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as ...
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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...
Earth about to pull tiny space rock into its orbit as temporary ‘mini moon’, scientists say
Earth about to pull tiny space rock into its orbit as temporary ‘mini moon’, scientists say - Space rock to orbit Earth for ...