When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid ...
WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a “minimoon ... “This happens with some frequency, but we rarely see them because they’re very small and very hard to detect, ...
DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...