A new study suggests the asteroid is unlike other relatively close asteroids. The post Near-Earth asteroid traced to huge ...
The large asteroid labeled 2013 NK4 orbits the sun every 378 days, according to NASA. It's 2,000 feet long and should safely ...
Kamo'oalewa, a 131- to 328-foot-wide (40 to 100 meters) near-Earth object (NEO), was liberated by an asteroid impact between 1 million and 10 million years ago, a smashup that created the moon's ...
Some time next year, NASA believes SpaceX will be ready to link two Starships in orbit for an ambitious refueling ...
Earth’s “second moon”—as asteroid called Kamo’oalewa—appears to have come from the moon itself. Scientists have concluded ...
The space rock has been classified as a near-Earth object (NEO), with data published on Nasa's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). According to the website the asteroid, known simply as ...
Nature Astronomy study links asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa to potential lunar fragment, supported by similarities to lunar rock. Tianwen-2 mission could confirm its lunar origin, aiding in ...
We may earn a commission from links on this page. A view of the interior of Giordano Bruno crater by the Lunar Reconnoissance Orbiter. Image: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University For nearly a decade ...
In 2021, a follow-up study found that it’s probably a piece of the Moon, based on its reflectivity and orbit. Now, an international team of scientists has tracked its home even more precisely.
Nasa is tracking an asteroid which will fly past Earth this weekend, with the huge space rock estimated to reach speeds of more than 24,000mph and be between 67 metres and 150 metres in diameter ...
Earth's "quasi-moon" was likely blasted away from the actual moon relatively recently in the solar system's history, a new study suggests. Kamo'oalewa, a 131- to 328-foot-wide (40 to 100 meters ...