Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...
PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This ...
Since the Moon does not have an atmosphere like the Earth to slow down asteroids, a potential impact by the giant space rock ...
2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...
For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...
Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...
A research team has discovered another piece ... of a collision between the early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the Moon formed from material ejected from the ...
Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August ... a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the ...
Can a global pandemic affect temperatures on the Moon? A 2024 study linked worldwide lockdowns with a drop in heat radiation ...
Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid ... thought to originate from the moon. Asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa was found in 2016 with an Earth-like orbit around the sun, indicating that ...
Our planet's Moon might look dead and stagnant from our vantage point here on Earth, but a new study suggests it was moving about just a 'hot minute' ago.
New research suggests the Moon still lives and that it isn't just a hunk of dead, cooled molten rock like scientists used to ...