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CNN on MSN · 32m

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 impact thousands of years ago.

Earth’s temporary mini-moon might have actually been a piece of the Moon

New research suggests that Earth's recent mini-moon might have originated as part of our actual moon long, long ago.

Earth's recent mini-moon seems to be a lost fragment of our real Moon

The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a NASA-funded telescope, it is only about 33 feet across and does not pose any threat to Earth.

Space on MSN · 3d

Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 Kamo'oalewa, which a different team of scientists have traced to an old impact crater on the far side of the moon.

Asteroid, Earth and Tesla

ZME Science · 1h

Astronomers Thought They Had Found A Dangerous Asteroid Near Earth — It Was Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much fanfare in 2018 as part of a publicity stunt during the maiden flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. The car, complete with a mannequin named “Starman” in the driver’s seat, had been orbiting the Sun ever since.

The Mirror · 4h

Mystery 'asteroid' in Earth's orbit is something completely different – and it's Musk's fault

Major astronomy body the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) was forced to list the discovery - made by a citizen scientist - as "omitted" following a case of mistaken identity

Newsweek on MSN · 9h

Mysterious New Asteroid Turns Out To Be Tesla Roadster in Space

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.

6hon MSN

NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

2h

Two Large Asteroids Set To Fly Dangerously Close To Earth This Week At More Than 25,000 MPH

Heads up, everybody. A couple of asteroids approximately the size of a school bus are set to make close approach with Earth ...

13h

A 100-foot asteroid to make a close approach to Earth today: Will it collide with Earth? Here’s what NASA says

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is tracking a fascinating cosmic event. A 100-foot-wide asteroid, 2025 BH2, will make ...

11don MSN

NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 feet across, with JPL's ...

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The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Not Have Been As Deadly as We Thought

Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...

ScienceAlert on MSN23h

What If The Solar System Had a Super-Earth? Here's What Would Happen.

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

Hosted on MSN2d

Asteroid with potential of smashing into Earth spotted by scientists - before object revealed to be something very different

Harvard astronomers were left red-faced after mistaking Elon Musk's orbiting Tesla Roadster for a potentially dangerous ...

Earth Had a Tiny Second Moon for a Few Months. It Might Be A Chunk of the Moon

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

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