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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon
YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...
Grand Canyons on the Moon Were Made in a Matter of Minutes
Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...
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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 and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually ... When many photons hit an object, they can speed it up or slow it down.
Newsweek7d
How an Asteroid Hit the Moon and Made Two 'Grand Canyons'
Two immense canyons on the moon's far side that rival Earth's Grand ... brushed by the mountain summits of Malapert and Mouton, and hit the lunar surface," David Kring, lead author of the new ...
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A new mission watches meteoroids hit the far side of the moon
The most interesting thing about LUMIO is ... of micrometeoroids striking the moon's surface at as high as 23,000 times per year for micrometeoroids as small as 30 grams. Even if LUMIO only ...
Reuters8d
Asteroid impact on moon blasted two grand canyons in 10 minutes
Close to the moon's south pole are two canyons each comparable ... "When the impacting asteroid or comet hit the lunar surface, it excavated a tremendous volume of rock that was launched into ...