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

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

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

It’s an exciting time for astronomy enthusiasts as Earth will temporarily get a second moon for almost two months. A recent ...

Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...

2024 PT5 will be a temporary visitor, arriving in September and flying off again in November.

Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...

While distant, the data gathered will be crucial for tracking near-Earth objects. NASA’s JPL is keeping a close eye on all ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

Earth is getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...

About 66 million years ago, a city-sized asteroid struck Earth, creating a 100-mile-wide crater in Mexico and causing the ...

A mini-moon will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern for about two months from September 29 to November 25.