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Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater
SPACE.com· 1 day agoKamo'oalewa, a 131- to 328-foot-wide (40 to 100 meters) near-Earth object (NEO), was liberated by an...
Earth has a ‘seconds Moon’ as scientists identify lunar crater where it once lay
The US Sun· 2 days agoKamo’oalewa was discovered in 2016 after a group of scientists from around the world came together...
Companies offer proposals for Apophis asteroid missions
SpaceNews· 1 day agoThere is zero chance that the asteroid will hit Earth either in the 2029 flyby or subsequent flybys into the next century, but the close ...
Apophis Probably Isn't Coming to Earth in 2029, But What If It Gets Nudged by Another Asteroid?
Sci Fi Wire· 5 days agoDodge Peterson (Steve Carell) works for an insurance company, he has a wife and a life, and all of...
An extra moon may be orbiting Earth — and scientists think they know exactly where it came from
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, which orbits alongside our planet as a 'minimoon,' may have...
Bruce Willis Was ‘So Generous’ to “Armageddon” Crew, Recalls Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Exclusive)
People via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWillis starred in the 1998 blockbuster about an asteroid hurtling towards Earth David M. Benett/Dave...
The Lyrids are here: How and when to see the meteor shower peak in 2024
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEarth's atmosphere, they burn up, and create a tail of debris as they disintegrate before hitting...
'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe quest to bring samples back to Earth from Mars has been met with controversy in some quarters as...
7 unconfirmed, unlucky tales of people killed by meteorites
Astronomy Magazine· 12 hours agoOn many occasions, space rocks have exploded over populated areas and sent thousands of meteorites...
Some special days are not all that special
The Marietta Times· 5 days agoMonday is Earth Day, one of those “special” days that kind of fall between holidays — the kind that you get off work or school for — and any ordinary day that sadly does not ...