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We’ve Found Where On Our First Moon Our Second Moon Came From
IFLScience· 1 day 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 ...
During the solar system's chaotic era, Jupiter may have helped form Earth's moon
SPACE.com· 6 days agoWhat's more, scientists believe the migrating planets — primarily Jupiter — could have led to the...
Was asteroid Kamo’oalewa blasted from this moon crater?
EarthSky· 6 days agoMeet the lunar crater Giordano Bruno. It’s 13 miles (21 km) wide and located on the moon’s far side....
During the solar system's chaotic era, Jupiter may have helped form Earth's moon
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEL chondrite meteorites come from the Athor family of asteroids, the progenitor of which was dumped...
Hera asteroid mission's side-trip to Mars
Phys.org· 6 days 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 ...
Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and...
What is NASA working on?
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe mission is expected to begin exploring the asteroid in 2029. Finding minerals NASA has started using modified U-2 spy planes to hunt for "strategic...
What Caused Our First Interstellar Visitor's Non-Gravitational Acceleration?
IFLScience· 6 days agoIn 2017, astronomers at the Pan-STARRS1 observatory looking for near-Earth asteroids spotted an object as it hurtled past our Sun at ...
NASA Space Laser Beams Home Data From 140 Million Miles Away
ExtremeTech· 1 day agoNASA's Psyche spacecraft won't arrive at its namesake asteroid until 2029, but it's keeping busy during the long voyage. The agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) equipped ...
Kill the sun! How wild thought experiments drive scientific discovery
New Scientist· 3 hours agoWith them we began tinkering with the universe – in our minds, at least – not only killing the sun...
