A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.
The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.
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New research reveals that 70% of meteorites that strike Earth originate from three young asteroid families in the main ...
The European Space Agency's Hera craft, en route to an asteroid, recently captured footage of our planet and the moon, set ...
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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...
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Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system's planets and moons grewWe're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
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 ...
On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.
Goodnight room, goodnight moon. The Hera spacecraft, speeding on to an asteroid, took a look back at Earth's moon — and in a new animation, you can see our neighbor shrinking as Hera flies away.
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