Earth Is Getting Another Moon This September, But Only for Two Months
Between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25 2024, an asteroid from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population will be briefly pulled into orbit by the planet, resulting in what astronomers call a "mini-moon," per Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society findings published by Carlos and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos.
Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet, though ...
Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such ...
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a galaxy cluster has two streams of superheated gas crossing ...
Postdoctoral scholars at UC Santa Cruz participate in cutting-edge research while in this ultimate phase of their academic ...
More and more satellites are orbiting the earth. Grant Tremblay of the American Astronomical Society tells NPR's Scott Simon they are making stars harder to see and study.
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