Earth to Have New Mini-Moon for Two Months: Unraveling the Mysteries of 2024 PT5
Earth to Have New Mini-Moon for Two Months: Unraveling the Mysteries of 2024 PT5 In a fascinating celestial event, Earth is set to temporarily capture a new mini-moon, named 2024 PT5. This small asteroid, discovered on August 7, 2024, by researchers from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, will orbit our planet for approximately 53 days. […]
NASA’s NEOWISE Asteroid Hunter: A Decade of Near-Earth Object Discoveries and the Future of Planetary Defense
NASA’s NEOWISE Asteroid Hunter: A Decade of Near-Earth Object Discoveries and the Future of Planetary Defense NASA’s NEOWISE mission, originally launched as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) in 2009, has recently concluded after an illustrious career spanning nearly 15 years. The spacecraft, which orbited Earth, was designed to scan the sky for infrared signals, […]