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Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater
New Scientist· 10 hours agoThe redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and now...
Scientists have predicted the exact date asteroid is in danger of hitting Earth with force of 22...
UNILAD· 8 hours agoYou may want to mark your calendars as scientists have predicted an exact date you should keep in...
Asteroid hunt by Hubble telescope using AI
EarthSky· 6 hours agoOver 1,000 new small asteroids have been found in Hubble Space Telescope images. Researchers, along with over 11,000 volunteer citizen scientists, found...
How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close...
Was asteroid Kamo’oalewa blasted from this moon crater?
EarthSky· 5 hours agoMeet the lunar crater Giordano Bruno. It’s 13 miles (21 km) wide and located on the moon’s far side....
Minerals are in short supply on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids
CNN via AOL· 2 days agoWith minerals in short supply on Earth, private companies such as California-based AstroForge and...
Scientists Identify Near-Earth Asteroid’s Birthplace
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhen scientists discovered the asteroid Kamo’oalewa in 2016, they almost immediately suspected it might have once been a part of the Moon. It’s a sound...
During the solar system's chaotic era, Jupiter may have helped form Earth's moon
SPACE.com· 5 hours agoThis is the conclusion of some careful scientific detective work that has connected a type of...
There's a new theory about how one of earth's 'quasi-moons' war born
Quartz· 21 hours agoFor nearly a decade, a near-Earth asteroid named Kamo’oalewa has invoked speculation over how it...
Citizen scientists spot more than 1,000 new asteroids in old Hubble Telescope photos
SPACE.com· 1 day agoThe dotted white streak cutting across this photo of a faraway galaxy might seem like a nuisance for...