Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world's attention last year after a telescope discovered it lingering close to ...
7 last year, suggest this asteroid actually broke off from the moon's surface due to a large impact thousands of years ago. A comparison of the spectra from 2024 PT5's surface to a large database ...
The asteroid 2024 PT5 was probably the result of an earlier object’s collision with the moon.CreditCredit...Tony Dunn Earth often encounters drifting objects, including asteroids or meteoroids ...
NASA has warned the globe of an important astronomical phenomenon. A big asteroid, called 2024 WY70, is on a collision course with Earth this weekend. Near 820 ft in diameter, it is the same size as ...
Asteroid 2024 XS3, a small Apollo asteroid, safely passed Earth at a distance of 3.3 million kilometers on December 18, 2024. This close approach provided astronomers with a valuable opportunity ...
Now, some experts have revealed that the lost asteroid could hit Earth in 2024. It’s not a definitive impact by any means, as the asteroid’s path cannot be wholly determined since it has been ...
As I detailed earlier this week, asteroid 2024 MK was only discovered about ten days ago and is the size of a stadium. It’s rare to see an asteroid this large venture closer to us than the moon ...
The Lijiang branch of the CAS Yunnan Observatories detected the near-Earth asteroid 2024 XA1 at 13:55 Beijing time on Dec 3 through its 2.4-meter telescope. At around 00:14 on Dec 4, the asteroid ...