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Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'
An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as ...
For 57 days this fall, Earth will have a second moon
The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months. For the next two months, an ...
Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
Temporary ‘Mini-Moon’ Will Begin To Orbit Earth Next Week: What To Know
Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...
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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 ...
Could Earth Have Been Ringed Like Saturn? Scientists Think So
Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...
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Earth May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says
The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...
Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests
Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...
Work is underway on NASA's next-generation asteroid hunter
The mirrors for NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other ...
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“Calm down Cooper” — Netizens react to Elon Musk’s comments about NASA tracking a stadium-sized asteroid that was to approach Earth
In a recent string of tweets on X, SpaceX owner Elon Musk reiterated his warning about the potential dangers of asteroids.
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UI astronomer: Approaching asteroid will become temporary second moon
An asteroid is approaching the Earth which the experts say will come close enough to be caught in our planet’s gravity well, ...
Stadium-Sized Asteroid Will Pass by Earth on Tuesday — and NASA Says It's Coming Back
Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from ...