Earth's "quasi-moon" was likely blasted 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 ...

This additional moon is a near-Earth asteroid called 2016 HO3, or Kamo'oalewa, which means "oscillating celestial object" in ...

A team of astronomers believes the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, a space rock between 130 and 328 feet in diameter, was once part of the Moon. More specifically, a research team led by Tsinghua ...

While the origins of these asteroids aren’t completely known, scientists believe at least one may have come from the Moon. The asteroid known as Kamo`oalewa is believed to be a fragment of the ...

The country's plans span the moon, near-Earth asteroids ... launch the Tianwen 2 mission to sample the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa. The spacecraft will deliver samples to Earth and then ...

A chunk of the moon that may have broken away from the lunar surface millions of years ago appears to be orbiting our planet. The 'quasi-satellite,' named Kamo`oalewa, has baffled scientists for ...

Related: China's Chang'e 6 mission carried a stone flag to the moon's far side Li Guoping, CNSA's chief engineer, stated that next year China is on target to launch the Tianwen 2 mission to sample the ...