Earth’s Mini-Moon Mystery Solved: It’s a Chunk of the Moon
For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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Mysterious Object Orbiting Earth May Have Come from the Moon, Investigation Reveals
An unusual looking 33-foot-long object discovered orbiting Earth last year may have come from a surprising place.
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Earth Had a Tiny Second Moon for a Few Months. It Might Be A Chunk of the Moon
For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...
A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door
Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in ...
How a freak space junk crash baffled residents and sparked concern
The KSA director general said it was lucky that no significant damage was done when the object hurtled to Earth. "The ...
A meteorite strike was captured on video by a Canadian home’s doorbell camera
A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a ...
Did Moon create Earth's second Moon? New study sheds light on the secret of our planet's temporary visitor
Scientists discover asteroid 2024 PT5, a small space rock with a mysterious origin, possibly ejected from the Moon after a ...