Earth's mini-moon was the moon all along
A moon of Earth's own. While 2024 PT5 never officially joined Earth's orbit, the almost-moon still became a topic of interest ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...
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Earth is bombarded with rocks from space — but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?
Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.
Minerals Crucial to Life Found in Asteroid Samples From Space
The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth ...
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Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon
2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...
The ingredients to life on Earth were discovered on a distant asteroid for the first time: NASA
Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...
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NASA: Near-Earth Asteroid Likely Came from the Moon
The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...
A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.
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Earth's recent mini-moon seems to be a lost fragment of our real Moon
The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a ...
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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48.5 Tons Of Space Rock Head Towards Earth Daily, And Here's Who Gets To Claim Ownership When It Hits Us
Each day, roughly 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle toward Earth. While meteorites that fall into the ocean are lost […] The ...