Astronomers discover new quasi-moon orbiting the Earth

For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...
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Earth Has A New Quasi-Moon – And It Has Probably Been Around For Decades

The region where the gravitational influence of Earth is the dominant force, is called the Hill Sphere. This extends up to ...
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Lofted by NASA Balloons, New Experiments Will Study Sun-Earth System

A suite of scientific balloons is about to lift off from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility’s field site in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, carrying instruments that will help scientists understand ...
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin mimics the moon's gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home. Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from ...