Scientists discover new minimoons orbiting Earth – what could this mean for our planet’s future | – The Times of India
For years, the space near Earth was assumed to be fairly well known, particularly in terms of detecting near-Earth objects (NEOs) like asteroids and debris. That perception is being turned on its head by new discoveries. According to a recent paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, there could be an undiscovered population of “minimoons“—small…