Earth's mini-moon was the moon all along
A moon of Earth's own. While 2024 PT5 never officially joined Earth's orbit, the almost-moon still became a topic of interest ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
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Animation From Spacecraft Data: Fly Over A Mountain And Lava Lake On Jupiter's Moon Lo
NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on ...
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Blue Ghost lunar lander is documenting its journey to the moon. The views are breathtaking
The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from the spacecraft’s orbit around Earth, the Texas-based ... and Antarctica. If all goes well, Blue Ghost will land on ...
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Earth's temporary moon might have come from the moon
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A small near-Earth asteroid, 2024 PT5, may originate from the Moon, as its reflectance spectrum matches lunar samples but not known asteroid types. This suggests ...
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SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)
The Falcon 9 launched at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) beneath a full moon and a clear, starry sky. The rocket's first stage came back to Earth as planned ... If everything goes to plan, the Japanese ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year ... to how often the moon produces these little wayward rocks — that’s the kind of information we want to go after as this population ...