Less than a decade after discovering a near-Earth asteroid with lunar origins, an international group of scientists says they ...
Rare near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa may have been created several million years ago when something slammed into the moon and ...
Asteroid hunters have identified 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids using cutting-edge tech that could potentially stave ...
The asteroid is slated to be a target for the Chinese mission Tianwen-2, which will bring a sample from the asteroid back to ...
A 2,000-foot asteroid is set to pass by earth Monday morning and if you don't catch it now, you'll have to wait more than a year to see it again. But you are going to need a telescope to see the ...
(CNN) — An unusual asteroid traveling near Earth is thought to be a chunk of the moon, but exactly how it ended up zooming through the solar system has remained a mystery. Now, researchers say they’ve ...
Kamo'oalewa, a 131- to 328-foot-wide (40 to 100 meters) near-Earth object (NEO), was liberated by an asteroid impact between 1 million and 10 million years ago, a smashup that created the moon's ...
Earth’s “second moon”—as asteroid called Kamo’oalewa—appears to have come from the moon itself. Scientists have concluded ...
It was determined that the asteroid circles the sun in an orbit that is synchronized with the Earth, making it appear as if it circles the planet. It was also estimated to be 40 to 100 meters ...
We may earn a commission from links on this page. A view of the interior of Giordano Bruno crater by the Lunar Reconnoissance Orbiter. Image: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University For nearly a decade ...
Nature Astronomy study links asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa to potential lunar fragment, supported by similarities to lunar rock. Tianwen-2 mission could confirm its lunar origin, aiding in ...