A 200-foot (58 meters) wide asteroid is set to fly much closer to our planet than the distance to the moon this Saturday. While asteroid 2023 DZ2 poses no threat of impacting Earth during this ...

Three of them are already under its belt; it passed close to asteroid ... and its moon on August 12; the following month will be a chance for it to get a closer look at Polymele and its ...

The asteroid 2024 PT5 was probably the result of an earlier object’s collision with the moon.CreditCredit...Tony Dunn Earth often encounters drifting objects, including asteroids or meteoroids ...

primarily to put a small lander on the moon. However, Vestri will separate once in space and continue to the target asteroid, closely studying its composition. Its main task is verifying the ...

A comparison of the spectra from 2024 PT5's surface to a large database of meteorite, terrestrial and lab-made materials revealed that it reflected light more like rocks from the moon than any other ...

This silicate-rich composition aligns closely with Moon samples collected during past missions. The asteroid's reflectance spectrum matches the characteristics of lunar rocks collected during the ...

"We had a general idea that this asteroid may have come from the moon, but the smoking gun was when we found out that it was rich in silicate minerals—not the kind that are seen on asteroids but ...