Astronomers claim to have found the Moon’s ‘long-lost twin’
The long-lost twin of the moon may have been spotted trailing behind Mars by astronomers. A 1km-wide asteroid called (101429) 1998 VF31 was first spotted 22 years ago and new analysis reveals it is ‘strikingly similar’ to the moon. Scientists from the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) in Northern Ireland used the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) … Read more