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China’s Tianwen-2 probe takes first close-up image and prepares to collect sample from Earth’s quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa

China's Tianwen-2 mission has now officially reached Kamooalewa, a "quasi-satellite" of Earth that generally sits a few tens ...
Scientific American

What will happen to Earth’s moon in the far future?

Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for ...

First Image of Earth’s ‘Quasi-Moon’ Captured by Chinese Spacecraft Following 13-Month Journey

A new image of an asteroid, referred to as a “quasi-moon,” has been released ...
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Earth's hidden second moon: Closer than we thought

Discover the mysterious quasi-moon that stays gravitationally linked to Earth and sometimes comes surprisingly close. Recent ...

Could this asteroid be a piece of the Moon? A Chinese spacecraft is about to find out

The Moon is not the only natural object travelling through space alongside Earth. Several small asteroids travel around the Sun in near lockstep with our planet. And just like Earth, these space rocks ...

ISS test finds that moon dust could be effective as a lunar building material

Building material samples from the University of Delaware spent six months bolted to the outside of the International Space ...
WWNO

Photos: NASA releases first images from moon flyby

The Artemis II astronauts are making their way back to Earth after the lunar flyby. The crew became the first astronauts in over 50 years to fly around the far side of the moon. They also experienced ...

Why is the Moon exactly the same apparent size from Earth as the Sun?

Why is the Moon exactly the same apparent size from Earth as the Sun? Surely this cannot be just coincidence; the odds ...