Scientists say they’ve traced the origins of a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid to the far side of the moon
Rare near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa may have been created several million years ago when something slammed into the moon and ...
Asteroid hunters spot 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids — more than were discovered by all of the world’s telescopes last year
Asteroid hunters have identified 27,500 overlooked near-Earth asteroids using cutting-edge tech that could potentially stave ...
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Scientists determine near-Earth asteroid was blasted from moon, leaving crater
The asteroid is slated to be a target for the Chinese mission Tianwen-2, which will bring a sample from the asteroid back to ...
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Earth’s quasi-moon Asteroid Kamo'oalewa likely blasted out of this giant moon crater
Less than a decade after discovering a near-Earth asteroid with lunar origins, an international group of scientists says they ...
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Near-Earth asteroid traced to huge crater on Moon
A near-Earth asteroid has been traced to a huge crater on the Moon. Space rock 2016 HO3, also known as Kamo'oalewa, is ...
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How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
We may earn a commission from links on this page. This is radar image of a near-Earth asteroid similar to Apophis. We actually know very little about what Apophis looks like, but its pending flyby ...
Netflix's Goodbye Earth ending explained — Does the asteroid really hit?
Goodbye Earth ending spoilers follow. Everything that happens in all twelve episodes of Goodbye Earth is driven by the fact ...
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Minerals are in short supply on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids
AstroForge is, in short, attempting to send into space a tiny refinery that can extract minerals out of an asteroid, then bring the valuable metals back to Earth, leaving the rest. The company is ...
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Earth's near miss with an asteroid that left 14-mile wide crater on Moon
The Earth had a near miss with an asteroid that left a 14-mile wide crater on the Moon - with the impact creating a "weird quasi moon" that was discovered in 2016, scientists belive. Space rock ...
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Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks
B612 Asteroid Institute/University of Washington ... a mandate passed by Congress in 2005 to locate 90 percent of near-Earth asteroids that are 460 feet in diameter or larger.