Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon
Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.
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Earth set to say goodbye to its ‘mini moon’ that could be a chunk of the real moon
Planet Earth is going separate ways from an asteroid that has spent the last two months floating along as a "mini moon" - with the ... the object is too small and faint to see without a powerful ...
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Earth had a temporary mini-moon that was a chunk of the real moon
A huge rock orbiting near Earth appears to have originated from the moon, the second such object known to exist, with maybe more than a dozen awaiting discovery. The asteroid, called 2024 PT5 ...
Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...
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NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Is About To Take One Small Step ... To Get Us Back To The Moon
NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. First, Lunar ...
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Mystery of the 'alien tower' on the moon is solved: Lunar expert claims spire is actually a small crater on the rim of larger one
The 3.5-mile (5.6km) high structure was spotted in images from Google Moon, with some believing it ... but these are not craters, but many small white shiny structures. 'The spire was probably ...
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In Photos: See The Jaw-Dropping ‘Snow Moon’ Rise From Across The World—But Why Was It So Small?
A small airplane is silhouetted against the full moon as it rises Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Kansas ... [+] City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) During an eclipse season a New Moon that’s ...