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Earth To Temporarily Capture A 'Mini-Moon' - See An Orbit Animation
Earth captured asteroid 2024 PT5 back in September and expected to hold on to it till November according to Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. See an orbit ...
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Asteroid Vesta found to have channels that look like water-made gullies
When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...
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'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter
The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual ...
From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025
From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an ...
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Scientists Discover Earth Life inside an Asteroid Sample
Material from asteroid Ryugu riddled with earthly microbes provides a cautionary tale for scientists seeking signs of alien ...
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Huge asteroid the size of a 10-story building to pass Earth on Christmas Eve
Santa and his sleigh will share the Connecticut skies on Christmas Eve with another ancient visitor — a gigantic asteroid about the size of a 10-story building. Luckily for everyone on Earth ...
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Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact
EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary ...
MIT astronomers find some of smallest asteroids ever detected, discovery may help with planetary defense, researchers say
Earlier this month, researchers announced they found the smallest asteroids ever detected within the main belt, which is a ...