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Earth Is Temporarily Getting a Second ‘Moon’

Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said 2024 PT5 is possibly a piece of ejecta from an impact on the moon, meaning the mini-moon may have originated as a piece of the original moon,

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Earth Is Just Days Away From Gaining A “Mini-Moon” — Meet Asteroid 2024 PT5

A recently-discovered asteroid will soon become a mini-moon of Earth, and it will hang around until Thanksgiving.

ABC 7 Chicago · 43m

Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'

An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini-moon," according to astronomers.

NASA Prepares to Launch Europa Clipper

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NASA's Europa Clipper on track for Oct. 10 launch to Jupiter's icy moon despite radiation worries

NASA's Europa Clipper probe will lift off and embark on a long-awaited mission to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which scientists think is one of the most promising places to look for life beyond Earth.

WXXI · 2d

A NASA probe is about to launch to an icy moon that could have life

A NASA mission launching in October will send cameras and other scientific equipment to see, among other things, whether Jupiter's moon Europa could sustain life.

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NASA plans for launch of Europa Clipper: What to know about craft's search for life

NASA is weeks away from sending its Clipper orbiter on a journey to the Jupiter moon Europa, which scientists believe could harbor conditions for life.

Intuitive Machines, NASA

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Intuitive Machines lands $4.8B NASA contract to build Earth-moon communications infrastructure

NASA wants to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon, but right now, astronauts have to be in direct line of sight with Earth to phone home. The space agency is looking to change that with its developing Near Space Network,

MarketWatch · 5h

A huge NASA contract has sent Intuitive Machines’ stock skyrocketing. This analyst sees even more upside.

Intuitive Machines is “the leading beneficiary of NASA’s lunar commercialization efforts,” says B. Riley Securities analyst Mike Crawford.

Fast Company · 10h

NASA taps Intuitive Machines to build a lunar communications network

NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a long-term contract potentially worth $4.82 billion to develop, launch, and operate a five-satellite communications and navigation network around the moon. The network will enable constant connectivity with the moon’s south pole as traffic picks up there,

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NASA Proposes New Kind of Moon Shot: Literally Shooting the Moon

Multiple bullets containing a tiny spectrometer could be shot into the lunar soil by an astronaut or rover, allowing analysis ...

Marvel At This NASA Rover Image Of Earth And Mars Moon Phobos

A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...

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What time is it on the moon? NASA's trying to figure that out

NASA said Thursday its Space Communication and Navigation program is taking the lead on an effort to establish a Coordinated ...

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NASA confirms it’s developing the Moon’s new time zone

NASA confirmed on Friday that it will create a new lunar time system for the Moon. The White House published a policy memo in ...

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NASA Astronauts Could Use AI and Photos of the Horizon to Navigate the Moon

American space agency NASA released some details on three optical navigation technologies being researched for the Artemis ...

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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

What we'll see is only half of the half of the moon (a quarter) that will be illuminated in this phase. According to NASA, the last quarter moon usually rises around midnight and sets around ...

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SpaceX Super Heavy rocket gets supersonic wind tunnel test for NASA's Artemis moon missions (photos)

A 1.2% scale model of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket underwent NASA wind tunnel testing, during which high-speed forced ...

Don’t Miss September’s Sky Show: The Harvest Moon Eclipse

Mark the onset of autumn with a stunning partial lunar eclipse on7. The Northern Hemisphere will witness a dark shadow over ...

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