New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision
The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...
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Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos)
"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...
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The 'brightest comet of the year' is coming in January. But, it might be hard to see
The '2024 G3' comes from it being the third comet discovered in early April, while the facility that first spotted it is called the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)." ...
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Earth’s Mini-Moon Mystery Solved: It’s a Chunk of the Moon
The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 was first spotted on August 7, 2024 by the the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). The tiny asteroid measures a mere 33 feet (10 meters ...
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Impact Craters
Although the Earth’s active surface processes quickly destroy the impact record, about 170 terrestrial impact craters have been identified. These range in diameter from a few tens of meters up ...
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Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon
Advanced observatories, such as the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, are designed to spot these fellow travelers, which are typically visible for only weeks or months.
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A piece of the moon? Small asteroid may be a lunar rock ejected by impact
The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...
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Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
The asteroid was first detected on Aug. 7, 2024, by the Sutherland, South Africa telescope of the University of Hawai'i's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Kareta's team then ...