Earth's new mini-moon belongs to a group of promising targets for future asteroid miners trying to send humans on deep-space missions
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...
Meet SpaceHopper, a three-legged hopping asteroid explorer
Created by students at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the bouncy bot is designed for exploring microgravity environments, such as ...
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When is the 'second moon' coming? Will we be able to see it? Here's what to know.
But a second moon? No, that's a new one. It's not actually a moon that will be hanging around the Earth - it's an asteroid, and it'll only be here for a short time. An article in USA Today last ...
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Earth gets a second moon: Can you see it with naked eyes?
This celestial visitor, dubbed a "mini-moon," was first detected on August 7 by Nasa's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert ...