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An asteroid will make a close flyby of Earth, and scientists are excited
Quartz· 9 hours agoIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close...
Scientists Identify Near-Earth Asteroid's Birthplace » Explorersweb
Explorersweb· 1 day agoWhen scientists discovered the asteroid Kamo’oalewa in 2016, they almost immediately suspected it...
Scientists have predicted the exact date asteroid is in danger of hitting Earth with force of 22...
UNILAD· 17 hours agoYou may want to mark your calendars as scientists have predicted an exact date you should keep in...
There's a new theory about how one of earth's 'quasi-moons' war born
Quartz· 1 day agoFor nearly a decade, a near-Earth asteroid named Kamo’oalewa has invoked speculation over how it...
Minerals are in short supply on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids
CNN via AOL· 3 days agoWith minerals in short supply on Earth, private companies such as California-based AstroForge and...
An extra moon may be orbiting Earth — and scientists think they know exactly where it came from
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, which orbits alongside our planet as a 'minimoon,' may have...
Hera asteroid mission's side-trip to Mars
Phys.org· 9 hours agoESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defense will make a swingby of Mars next March, borrowing speed to help reach its target Didymos binary ...
During the solar system's chaotic era, Jupiter may have helped form Earth's moon
SPACE.com· 14 hours agoWhat's more, scientists believe the migrating planets — primarily Jupiter — could have led to the...
Scientists Say Something Seems to Have Broken Off the Moon at This Crater
Futurism via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA team of astronomers believes near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, a space rock between 130 and 328...
Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater
SPACE.com· 2 days agoEarth's "quasi-moon" was likely blasted away from the actual moon relatively recently in the solar...