Earth's mini moon could be a chunk of the big moon, scientists say
A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...
Rock from 4,200,000,000 years ago confirms something we wondered about the moon
To obtain a sample from this area is really important because it’s an area that otherwise we have no data for.' ...
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Earth Has Another Moon and It's Staying Until Thanksgiving
It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking ... But ATLAS reports this new mini-moon is likely to be a real asteroid, which is simply defined as a small, rocky object that orbits ...
Findings from the first lunar far side samples raise new questions about the moon’s history
The first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, ...
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Earth may have 'captured' the moon from space
New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...
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November's new moon makes a close pass to Venus
The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.
Samples obtained by Chinese spacecraft show moon's ancient volcanism
China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft in June made history by retrieving the first surface samples from the far side of the ...