Why Messy Rocket Launches From SpaceX and Blue Origin Are Actually Good News
Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.
Earth’s Mini-Moon Mystery Solved: It’s a Chunk of the Moon
For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more appropriate than thought.
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NASA: Near-Earth Asteroid Likely Came from the Moon
Scientists first detected 2024 PT5 in August 2024 with the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), a robotic ... but the smoking gun was when we found out that it ...
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Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
"We had a general idea that this asteroid may have come from the moon, but the smoking gun was when we found out ... Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Kareta's team then used ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
Astronomers first spotted the asteroid on August 7 using the South Africa-based observatory of the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Despite predictions that the ...
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Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, was first spotted Aug. 7 by astronomers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Measuring about 33 feet in diameter ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
Astronomers first spotted the asteroid on August 7 using the South Africa-based observatory of the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Despite predictions ... but the ...