A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

Later this month, an asteroid called 2024 PT5 will be joining Earth's orbit, becoming a mini-moon. The mini-moon will be in ...

On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little ...

Between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25 2024, an asteroid from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population will be briefly pulled into orbit ...

You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...

I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and ...

We know Mars once had an active geological past, filled with water, volcanic activity, and dynamic geological changes. Now, ...

Scientists aren't sure if 2024 PT5 is an asteroid. At roughly 10 meters in length, 2024 PT5 is difficult to spot without a ...

Earth about to pull tiny space rock into its orbit as temporary ‘mini moon’, scientists say - Space rock to orbit Earth for ...

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its gravitational pull on Nov. 25.

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...