Earth will have a 'mini-moon' for nearly 2 months, researchers say. Here's what that means.
For nearly two months this year, Earth’s moon will have company — a second moon. Technically, it isn’t a second moon, but rather an asteroid from the Arjuna asteroid belt — named 2024 PT5 — that will be caught in the Earth’s gravitational pull, according to a study in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society.
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More and more satellites are orbiting the earth. Grant Tremblay of the American Astronomical Society tells NPR's Scott Simon they are making stars harder to see and study.
In late August, residents in New York and neighboring states previously reported to the American Meteor Society that a bright ...
Hundreds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been recorded as part of an enormous global effort so extensive it "rivals the catalog of deep-sky objects created by Messier 250 years ago", astronomers ...
Archaeologists have uncovered the first and largest astronomical observatory from 6th century BC — located in Kafr Sheikh, Egypt. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shared the ...
Located in the Old Town Square, the Prague Astronomical Clock has been around since the 15th century, though it has required repairs many times over its history. This clock doesn't display the ...
In the Buto temple at the Tell El Fara’in archaeological site, researchers have unearthed the remains of a massive astronomical observatory from the 6th century B.C.E. According to a press ...
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