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Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month

Staten Island Advance · 1d

Earth to gain second moon for two months this fall

For 57 days, our planet will have two moons as the 2024 PT5 asteroid gets caught in Earth’s gravity and whirled around in our orbit.

A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

CBS News on MSN · 23h

Earth will get a second moon for nearly 57 days this year

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months.

Earth once had Saturn-like rings

Time on MSN · 5h

Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once

I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and the planets and the stars and the sun would have looked

Live Science on MSN · 2d

Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to chaotic meteorite strikes on our planet's surface, new research suggests. The hypothesized ring may have formed roughly 466 million years ago and was the remains of a gigantic asteroid tugged apart by Earth's tidal forces after passing our planet's Roche limit.

Science Friday · 12h

Earth May Once Have Had A Ring Like Saturn

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN21h

Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago

During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites and rocked by ...

China set to unveil long-term vision for space science

China set to unveil long-term vision for space science The Chinese Academy of Sciences is aiming to accelerate its progress ...

Science Friday7d

Down To Earth: Space Science For Community Change

Down To Earth Community Lab: Join your fellow space explorers to ask questions, share out-of-this-world ideas, and forge new ...

Earth from space: Ghostly figure emerges in Greenland ice after underground lake collapses

In 2011, a ghostly depression, known as "the mitten," appeared on the surface of and ice sheet in Greenland after the ...

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Marvel At This NASA Rover Image Of Earth And Mars Moon Phobos

A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...

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NASA rover peers up at space, sees strange Mars moon and distant Earth

The Curiosity rover captured this image on Sept. 9, 2024, during its 4,295th Martian day (called a "sol") on Mars. It's been ...

The Economist1d

Earth may once have had a planetary ring

C ould Earth once have had a planetary ring like the ones around Saturn? Scientists from Monash University in Australia think ...

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