NASA Monitors As Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaches Earth Today
The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.
Bus-Sized Asteroid to Pass Between Earth and Moon Next Week
"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...
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Colossal Asteroid, 20 Times the Size of Dinosaur-Killer, Struck Solar System’s Largest Moon 4 Billion Years Ago
A giant asteroid slammed into Jupiter ... The impact didn’t just leave a giant hole in Ganymede—it actually tipped the moon’s ...
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Scientists Say Something Seems to Have Broken Off the Moon at This Crater
A team of astronomers believes the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, a space rock between 130 and 328 feet in diameter, was once part of the Moon. More specifically, a research team led by Tsinghua ...
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Earth Has Another Moon and It's Staying Until Thanksgiving
It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies ...
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Space Mining Startup Confirms First Private Mission To An Asteroid
primarily to put a small lander on the moon. However, Vestri will separate once in space and continue to the target asteroid, closely studying its composition. Its main task is verifying the ...
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Black hole 'bullets' fired at Mars could reveal more about dark matter
For instance, while Sgr A* has a mass of around 4.3 million times that of the sun, primordial black holes are hypothesized to be about as massive as an asteroid or small moon, and be vastly ...
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Earth Has a Temporary Mini-Moon Until Thanksgiving: Here's What That Means
It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...
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NASA found a ‘mini-moon’ orbiting an asteroid in the outer solar system
Scientists first caught sight of the mini-moon while observing an asteroid named Polymele, near the outskirts of the solar system. NASA says that the asteroid is around 17 miles along its widest axis.
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'Hera' mission to study NASA-deflected asteroid completes key maneuver
Hera's journey to asteroid Dimorphos. To get to asteroid Dimorphos, Hera performed its first maneuver with two bursts from ...
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Asteroid to orbit Earth as 'mini-moon' for nearly 2 months: When you can see it
The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published ...
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Skyscraper-sized asteroid and 4 others speed past Earth on the same day
The average distance from the surface of the planet to its satellite is 239,000 miles although the exact length varies at different points in the moon's orbit. When an asteroid is larger than ...