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Kamoʻoalewa: Breakaway Asteroid and Quasi-Moon 0 (0)

The asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa isn’t exactly Earth’s second moon. But it’s been circling our world for centuries: and near Earth’s orbit for much longer. Now scientists say they’ve traced the asteroid back to Giordano Bruno crater on the Moon. I’ll … Continue reading

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Any Landing You Can Radio Back From: IM-1 Odyssey 0 (0)

“Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.”(Gerald R. Massie, photographer, following the crash-landing of his B-17 (1944) (from “Stayin alive — 16 favorite aviation quotes“, Dan Littmann, Air Facts (August 25, 2016)) So far, this has … Continue reading

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Colliding Planets Near ASASSN-21qj: Maybe 0 (0)

They were looking for supernovae. What they found may become a double planet, like the Earth-Moon system, once it cools down. Or a planet with a giant moon, again like the Earth-Moon system. Then again, an oddly-uneven dusty disk may … Continue reading

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India: Fourth on the Moon, First near Lunar South Pole 0 (0)

India became the fourth nation to land on Earth’s Moon this week. And the first to land near the Lunar south pole. This is a very big deal. So, in a different way, was the “abnormal situation” that turned Russia’s … Continue reading

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India’s Goal: Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon 0 (0)

UPDATE August 23, 2023 12:50 UTC SUCCESS! India is now the fourth nation to successfully land on the Moon, and the first to successfully land near the Moon’s south pole. Vikram, the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander, will, if all goes well, … Continue reading

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