A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’
A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.
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Europe's Hera probe to launch Oct. 7 to inspect asteroid NASA smacked in 2022
Europe's Hera mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART probe hit in September 2022, has arrived at its launch ...
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Why Do So Many Tiny Asteroids Have Moons?
You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...
'Bennu, Apophis and more': List of NASA's 'Most Wanted' asteroids that could threaten Earth
About 66 million years ago, a city-sized asteroid struck Earth, creating a 100-mile-wide crater in Mexico and causing the ...
Earth will soon pick up a new 'mini-moon' but it won't be here for long
A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two ...
Austin teen injured in car-bike collision
An Austin teen was injured late Wednesday afternoon following a car-bike collision on Highway 56. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the unidentified 14-year-old male was traveling south on ...
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An Asteroid Struck Jupiter's Moon Four Billion Years Ago, And The Collision Changed The Moon's Topography And Tilt Forever
The largest moon in the solar system is Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter. New research suggests that an ...