YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

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In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

A new image released by China's space agency offers the first glimpse at the Tianwen 2 spacecraft, which is en route to collect samples from one of Earth's "quasi-moons". The photo shows some ...

The researchers also found that 2024 PT5 was small — 26 to 39 feet (8 to 12 meters) in diameter. Kareta and his colleagues suspect that 2024 PT5 was excavated when something crashed into the moon.

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This discovery has led scientists to believe there are many ...

2024 PT5 may have been flung from moon's surface During the object's visit, Teddy Kareta, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, was among those who sought to catch a glimpse of it while ...

So far, 2024 PT5 is just the second object in an Earth-like orbit of purported lunar origin. Astronomers found asteroid 469219 Kamo’oalewa in 2016, which was also likely ejected from the lunar ...

While not technically a moon, it’s “an interesting object”, the AP report added, quoting NASA. Astronomers will have to wait a while for the next return of 2024 PT5, and its closest approach ...

During the occupation of asteroid 2024 PT5 around Earth, Space.com has been corresponding with one of the scientists who discovered its trajectory and its status as a mini-moon, Carlos de la ...

Known as 2024 PT5, the rock began to partially circle Earth in a horseshoe-shaped path in September. Scientists say it could possibly be a boulder that was blasted off the actual moon.