existing in a transitional state between a true moon and an independent asteroid. She symbolizes change, guardianship, and the passage between realms. This name reflects the quasi-moon's unique ...

"Nearly four billion years ago an asteroid or comet flew ... the two grand canyons on the Moon were carved in less than 10 minutes." The resulting features, named Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis ...

The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its ... Initially, an automated computer program named Scout uses the available crop of observations to plot out the object ...

existing in a transitional state between a true moon and an independent asteroid. She symbolizes change, guardianship, and the passage between realms. This name reflects the quasi-moon's unique ...

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named ... The asteroid 2024 PT5 was probably the result of an earlier object’s collision with the moon.CreditCredit ...

2018 CN41 has an orbit that brought it within 150,000 miles of our planet, closer than the moon ... with a dummy driver named "Starman" (main) and stock image of an asteroid (inset).

California-based AstroForge has identified asteroid 2022 OB5 as the destination for its Mission 2 spacecraft, named Odin ... Machines' IM-2 lander toward the moon. Odin will separate shortly ...

A newly-discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher chance of hitting Earth than previously thought, according to scientists. The space rock - named 2024 YR4 - has a 2.2% chance of crashing into ...

Asteroid 2025 CQ set to pass near Earth on February 5, 2025 An asteroid named 2025 CQ ... At an average distance between Earth and the Moon, about 5.7 times farther, asteroid 2025 CQ will come ...

First identified and submitted by a citizen scientist, the object’s orbit was notable: It came less than 150,000 miles (240,000 km) from Earth, closer than the orbit of the Moon. That qualified ...

How close will it get? The asteroid, named 2025 CJ, measures 8 feet wide. It will pass 599,000 miles from Earth. This distance is 16 times farther than the Moon. Moving at 10,904 mph, it will pass ...