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The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months 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 will have a second 'tiny moon' for two months
It won't be there forever, but Earth will have a second moon when a small asteroid begins to orbit the planet later this month, space researchers have announced.
What you need to know about Earth’s new, temporary mini-moon
Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon for objects flying through space to be attracted to it or get caught up in an orbit — at which point they earn status as miniature moons. The same happens with objects purposefully placed in space, such as satellites.
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn
Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, according to a new study
Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn, Scientists Say
Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly influencing the planet's climate.
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once
“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in the geological record,” said Tomkins in a statement that accompanied the paper’s release. “We … see that layers in sedimentary rocks from this period contain extraordinary amounts of meteorite debris.”
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Earth Might Have Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago
Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a ...
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Earth To Get A New Moon On Sept. 29, Scientists Say
Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...
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Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years
The sun is midway through its life of fusion. It's about 5 billion years old, and though its life is far from over, it will ...
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In a Landmark Study, Scientists Discover Just How Much Earth's Temperature Has Changed Over Nearly 500 Million Years
We live in a rapidly warming world. Immense volumes of human-generated greenhouse gases are nudging Earth’s climate to a ...
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Celebrate the first day of fall with this gorgeous animation that shows how the Earth changes with the seasons
See how our seasons come from Earth's tilt and yearly loop around the sun, which changes the ice cover, vegetation, and ...
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Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
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Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth.
At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...
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Earth's outer core may hold a hidden 'doughnut'
A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...
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