Scientists claim they have discovered a second ‘mini-moon’ orbiting our planet; they also say they know where it came from.
The near-Earth asteroid known as Kamo’oalewa is orbiting the Earth and likely came from our moon, or so scientists say.
Our moon is regularly bombarded with space debris, and Kamo’oalewa was probably a result of one of these objects colliding with the moon and breaking pieces of it off.
Moreover, they claim to have tracked the exact lunar impact crater the near-Earth asteroid came from.
Amid all this talk about space from astronomers and NASA, it makes me wonder—why haven’t we gone back to the moon?
Why is our space program stagnating even as startling new developments emerge regarding asteroid landings and mining, deep black
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