moons
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New Research Points to Violent Origin of Enigmatic Earth ‘Quasi-Moon’
For nearly a decade, a near-Earth asteroid named Kamo’oalewa has invoked speculation over how it came to orbit the Sun in total synchrony with Earth as though it shares some special relationship with our planet. A new study of the oddball may have pinpointed where it came from: a young impact crater on the far…
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The Most Interesting Moons in Our Solar System
You know about the planets. But what about their satellites?
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Saturn’s Best Moon Is Drifting Away Quicker Than We Thought
Titan is migrating away from its host planet at a rate 100 times faster than the previous estimate. The discovery is shaking our understanding of Saturn and the origin of its natural satellites.
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Cosmic Rays May Have Blasted Gigantic Sand Dunes Into Existence On Saturn’s Moon Titan
The equatorial dunes on Saturn’s moon Titan are among the most dramatic surface features in the Solar System, but scientists aren’t exactly sure how they formed. New experimental evidence suggests the dunes arose as a result of cosmic rays hitting Titan’s surface ice.