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Earth gets a new mini moon for two months

CBS News on MSN · 3h

Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months.

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

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.

LA Times on MSN · 22h

What you need to know about Earth’s new, temporary mini-moon

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon for objects flying through space to be attracted to it or get caught up in an orbit — at which point they earn status as miniature moons. The same happens with objects purposefully placed in space, such as satellites.

Earth once had Saturn-like rings

Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn, Scientists Say

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly influencing the planet's climate.

Smithsonian Magazine · 14h

Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, according to a new study

Time on MSN · 1d

Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in the geological record,” said Tomkins in a statement that accompanied the paper’s release. “We … see that layers in sedimentary rocks from this period contain extraordinary amounts of meteorite debris.”

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Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN14h

In a Landmark Study, Scientists Discover Just How Much Earth’s Temperature Has Changed Over Nearly 500 Million Years

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

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Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth.

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

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Earth's outer core may hold a hidden 'doughnut'

A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...

ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why

ESA 's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system, but on Aug. 20, it took a quick look at ...

New Scientist on MSN14h

Earth got even hotter than we thought during past 500 million years

The average surface temperature varied more widely and was even hotter than previously thought during much of the past 500 ...

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Could interstellar quantum communications involve Earth or solve the Fermi paradox?

Thus far, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has used strategies based on classical science—listening for ...

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