A moon of Earth's own. While 2024 PT5 never officially joined Earth's orbit, the almost-moon still became a topic of interest ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon ... Dr. Kareta compared the light patterns reflected off ...

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The next chance to observe PT5 is coming up this month when it lingers near Earth again. NASA has plans to track it with radar and undoubtedly others will be studying it to understand more about this ...

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the moon and water on ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

For several months, it has remained at a distance about nine times farther than the Moon, never coming close enough to be captured by Earth’s gravity. While not technically a “mini-moon,” its unique ...

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The Moonhouse, the size of a big hand, was ready to hitch a ride to the moon on a lunar lander operated by the Japanese company ispace. It was set for transport on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that ...

The reddish hue during a total lunar eclipse happens because sunlight passes through Earth's atmosphere, which scatters blue light and allows red wavelengths to reach the moon, an effect known as ...

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in ...