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Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 13h

Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months, Astronomers Say

In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion that will stay for two months in the planet’s gravitational cradle. Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool,

CNET on MSN · 1h

An Asteroid Is Going to Orbit Earth Like a Mini Moon for 2 Months

The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August. The researchers who found it published a nonpeer-reviewe

A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

Earth had planetary rings like Saturn 466 million years ago

Time on MSN · 2d

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.”

Chron on MSN · 1d

Earth used to have Saturn-like rings, new study suggests

Earth and Saturn might be a lot more similar than previously thought. In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 466 million years ago, a ring system made up of asteroid remnants may have surrounded our planet,

Indy 100 on MSN · 21h

Planet Earth may have once had a Saturn-like ring say scientists

Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago. As part of the research, 21 asteroid craters from 466 million years ago - otherwise known as the “Ordovician impact spike” - were analysed and these all just so happened to be located in an

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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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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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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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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 ...

Smithsonian Magazine1d

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, ...

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New study takes the Earth’s temperature over a half-billion years

The results, which the researchers call PhanDA, estimate global temperatures over the last 485 million years, going back to ...

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Algorithm used on Mars rover helps scientists on Earth see data in a new way

A new algorithm tested on NASA's Perseverance Rover on Mars may lead to better forecasting of hurricanes, wildfires, and ...

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