New Research Points to Violent Origin of Enigmatic Earth ‘Quasi-Moon’
For nearly a decade, a near-Earth asteroid named Kamo’oalewa has invoked speculation over how it came to orbit the Sun in total synchrony with Earth as though it shares some…
Ouch! Jupiter Just Got Smacked By an Unidentified Celestial Object
Jupiter’s south pole as captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/John Landino As the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter is not one to play with. That doesn’t stop…
Unprecedented Meteorite Believed to Have Originated From Earth
The meteorite NWA 13188 was found in Morocco in 2018.Photo: Albert Jambon Five years ago, a partially crusted, dark red meteorite crashed in the Sahara desert and was sold in…