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Scientists say they’ve traced the origins of a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid to the far...
CNN.com· 1 week agoThe space rock, known as 2016 HO3, is a rare quasi-satellite — a type of near-Earth asteroid that...
Earth’s quasi-moon Asteroid Kamo'oalewa likely blasted out of this giant Moon crater
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 1 week agoLess than a decade after discovering a near-Earth asteroid, scientists say they have determined...
Earth’s New ‘Second Moon’ Is As Big As The Statue Of Liberty—And Scientists Just Found Its Origin
Forbes· 2 weeks agoEarth’s “second moon”—an asteroid called Kamo’oalewa—appears to have come from the moon itself....
Origins of Earth's Statue of Liberty–sized 'second moon' decoded
Interesting Engineering· 2 weeks agoA new study suggests that Earth’s “second moon” was born from a massive impact event on the Moon...
Earth's Quasi-Moon Kamo'oalewa Might be Literal Offspring from the Moon
Sci Fi Wire· 1 week agoA quick glance at the Moon’s face reveals a long history of violent attacks going back billions of...
We’ve Found Where On Our First Moon Our Second Moon Came From
IFLScience· 1 week agoThree years after evidence emerged that the quasi-moon known as Kamo’oalewa is formed from a chunk of Earth’s one true Moon, we may know just where it comes from. Until recently, the inner Solar ...
New mission could shed light on the secrets of the moon’s ‘hidden side’
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis week, explore the mysterious far side of the moon, see the reconstructed face of a Neanderthal...