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Earth Is Getting Another 'Moon' This September, but Only for 2 Months

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

CNN · 59m

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.

The Washington Post on MSN · 18h

Earth has a new mini moon. Say hello before it disappears.

Say hello to Earth’s temporary new mini-moon. From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid will be pulled in by Earth’s gravity — sort of like a window shopper — before returning to its normal orbit around the sun.

NASA, Europa Clipper

Space on MSN · 19h

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.

Phys.org on MSN · 2d

Europa Clipper: 8 things to know about NASA's mission to an ocean moon of Jupiter

The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out whether the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable.

KUOW · 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.

Intuitive Machines, NASA

YAHOO!News · 2d

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 · 3h

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 · 9h

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 ...

ExtremeTech on MSN3h

NASA Creates Most Accurate Eclipse Maps Ever

Traditionally, eclipse maps have been constructed from the assumption that the Moon is a perfect sphere and that all ...

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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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 ...

Morningstar10h

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

Late Tuesday, Intuitive Machines (LUNR) announced that NASA had awarded the company the Near Space Network contract for communication and navigation services for missions in the near-space region, ...

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NASA rover peers up at space, sees strange Mars moon and distant Earth

The Curiosity rover captured this image on Sept. 9, 2024, during its 4,295th Martian day (called a "sol") on Mars. It's been ...

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Scientists Just Discovered That Earth Is Getting A Second Moon—And It's About To Shake Up Your Sign

Earth is getting a temporary second "mini moon," a.k.a. the 2024 PT5 asteroid. Here's how you can see it and if it will ...

FOX 10 Phoenix3h

Earth is getting a temporary second moon this fall

Earth will soon have a visitor — and not of the extraterrestrial kind. Astronomers found a small asteroid that will orbit our ...

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