Was asteroid 2024 PT5 ejected from moon? Here's what scientists have to say
Asteroid 2024 PT5 was discovered by Nasa's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Scientists believe that the ...
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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 ...
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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Why didn’t we see it earlier? – This asteroid eluded NASA and all mankind
Why hadn't we noticed it sooner? - NASA and all of humanity failed to locate this asteroid. They are small in size and the ...
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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Once-in-a-lifetime comet visible tonight. It won't return for 1,60,000 years
Discovered on April 5, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile, G3 ATLAS was initially ...
Rare comet may be visible for first time in 160,000 years
On Monday, the comet was at perihelion, the point at which it is closest to the Sun, which influences how bright it appears.
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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 ...
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Where did Earth's second Moon come from? Mystery finally solved
For months space enthusiasts were fascinated by a small asteroid that was pulled by Earth's gravity and was fondly referred ...
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NASA Discovers Near-Earth Asteroid Likely a Lunar Fragment
The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting, our planet for several months.
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Rare comet may be visible for first time in 160,000 years
Experts say it could be visible from Monday night. Dusty samples had been scooped up from surface of asteroid Bennu in 2020.