Tiny glass beads from Apollo missions reveal Moon's ancient volcanic eruptions through sparkling mineral coatings.

The Tianwen-2 probe has sent a self-portrait as it heads toward one of the most enigmatic objects in our space neighborhood: ...

dubbed Earth's "mini-moon," which can even be more likely to be a small part of the Moon rather than an actual "normal" asteroid. 2024 Evidence suggests 2024 PT5 is a lunar fragment, not an ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the ... announcing the findings. “It looks like it hasn’t been in space ...

Despite predictions that the asteroid might become a temporary mini-moon whirling around Earth ... lunar rock samples,” Kareta said. “It looks like it hasn’t been in space for very long ...

The asteroid, which is about 33 feet (10 meters) wide, does not pose a hazard to Earth ... who led the research. “It looks like it hasn’t been in space for very long, maybe just a few thousand ...

Technically, the asteroid—like two of the past mini-moons—is a “temporarily ... specifically from the moon’s far side. “Just a brief look at the vast number of craters on the moon ...

Earth is parting with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two ... researchers explained how near-Earth objects (NEOs) like 2024 PT5 sometimes become mini ...

Planet Earth and a large asteroid ... fragments could be like time capsules, preserving information about the moon's history and composition from billions of years ago. The mini-moon's departure ...

Taking a closer look at the new mini ... For 56.6 days, the asteroid would become captured by our planet, turning it into a temporary mini-moon of the Earth. "Earth can regularly capture asteroids ...