News Space A space rock called Kamoʻoalewa may be a piece of the moon New observations reveal the quasisatellite of Earth could be wreckage of a lunar impact A space rock named Kamoʻoalewa (illustrated drifting above the moon, with Earth in the background) may be a fragment of lunar material that broke off in an ancient cratering event. ronib1979/iStock/Getty Images Plus Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Maria Temming November 22, 2021 at 9:00 am The moon’s violent history is written across its face. Over billions of years, space rocks have punched craters into its surface, flinging out debris.