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  • The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Could Find More of Earth’s Transient Moons

    It is a well-known astronomical convention that Earth has only one natural satellite, which is known (somewhat uncreatively) as “the Moon”. However, astronomers have known for a little over a decade that Earth also has a population of what are known as “transient Moons”. These are a subset of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that are temporarily scooped up by Earth’s gravity and assume orbits around our planet.

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  • Ten years of the sun in one hour – Nasa releases mesmerising space film

    The space agency gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the sun, which have now been stitched together to form the video

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