The Moon generates no magnetic field of its own today. Yet analysis of Apollo rock samples and measurements by orbiting spacecraft ... mysterious magnetization: asteroid impacts generated Moon ...

Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals ... having to land on the surface. Although the moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different, two NASA studies ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

A vast impact crater near the moon’s south pole was formed by an asteroid moving at more than a kilometre a second, releasing energy when it struck equivalent to 130 times that of all the ...

This asteroid is a quasi-satellite of Earth, meaning it orbits the Sun but stays close to Earth. Kamoʻoalewa is roughly 131-328 feet (40-100 meters) in diameter and may be a fragment of the Moon ...

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon ... while orbiting the sun, not to return until 2055. That’s almost five times farther than the moon. First spotted in August, the asteroid ...

The oddity was estimated to be around 3 miles wide, and it appeared to be orbiting the asteroid. This, they believe, is a mini-moon, a miniature satellite akin to our own lunar object. And ...

That's no moon, it's an asteroid. Earth is set to have a visitor in its orbit in the form of a "mini-moon" also known as asteroid 2024 PT5 over the next couple of months. The asteroid is set to ...

The internet has been buzzing about the so-called "mini-moon" that will remain in Earth's gravitational orbit for roughly two months. The 33-foot-long asteroid known as 2024 PT5 was discovered by ...

Instead, the small asteroid will enter our planet’s orbit and circle around us for about two months. Some astronomy experts are calling this asteroid a “mini-moon,” because it will briefly ...

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month. brutto film - stock.adobe.com Our blue moon will no longer be standing ...

a phenomenon dubbed as "mini-moon," according to astronomers. Starting from Sept. 29, the asteroid, which was discovered by NASA on Aug. 7 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, will be orbiting the Earth ...