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The telescope expansion in the southern hemisphere will enable observations at night when it is daytime in Hawaiʻi.
An asteroid traveled for 23 million years before crashing into Earth — and now scientists know where it came from By Sophie Lewis NASA attempts historic touchdown on asteroid A small asteroid crashed into Earth three years ago — and now scientists know where it came from. Researchers have traced the origins of the resulting rare meteorite fragments, which began the journey to Earth some 23 million years ago. The asteroid, called 2018 LA, shot across the sky like a fireball before landing in Botswana on June 2, 2018. Researchers subsequently recovered 23 meteorites fr...