Scientists say they have traced the origin of a potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroid to the far side of the moon

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An unusual asteroid traveling near Earth is believed to be part of the moon, but exactly how it zoomed through the solar system has remained a mystery. Now researchers say they have made an important … Read more

Scientists say they have traced the origin of a potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroid to the far side of the moon

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An unusual asteroid traveling near Earth is believed to be part of the moon, but exactly how it zoomed through the solar system has remained a mystery. Now researchers say they have made an important … Read more

Earth’s strange ‘quasi-moon’ Kamo’oalewa is a fragment shot from the moon’s large crater

Earth’s ‘quasi-moon’ probably rocketed away from the actual moon relatively recently in the solar system’s history, a new study suggests. Kamo’oalewa, a 131- to 328-foot-wide (40 to 100 meters) Near Earth Object (NEO), was liberated between 1 million and 10 million years ago by an asteroid impact, an impact that destroyed the 13.7-mile-wide ( 22 … Read more