Space Daily July 02, 2026 • 06:07

A tiny “quasi-moon” called Kamoʻoalewa shadows Earth’s orbit and may be a piece of the actual Moon blasted into space by an ancient impact — and China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now closing in to bring a sample back to Earth. - Space Daily

A tiny “quasi-moon” called Kamoʻoalewa shadows Earth’s orbit and may be a piece of the actual Moon blasted into space by an ancient impact — and China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now closing in to bring a sample back to Earth. - Space Daily

Earth has one Moon, but it does not travel entirely alone. A small asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa loops along beside our planet as a “quasi-moon,” and there is real evidence that it may be a fragment of the actual Moon, flung into space by an ancient impact. Chi…

Earth has one Moon, but it does not travel entirely alone. A small asteroid called Kamooalewa loops along beside our planet as a “quasi-moon,” and there is real evidence that it may be a fragment of … [+5327 chars]

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