Scientists predict that the asteroid 'mini moon' will re-enter Earth's orbit again in 2055. This is due to its orbit being ...

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

According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the “moon” in ...

The small asteroid named 2024 PT5 will become a temporary mini moon of Earth from September 29 to November 25, 2024. While ...

Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet, though ...

From September 29 until November 25, astronomers have calculated that 2024 PT5— what scientists think is an asteroid but have ...

Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...

An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

Sadly, at just about 10 meters, the mini-moon will be extremely hard to see from Earth, but its presence will be there ...

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.

Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago, after it captured and wrecked a passing asteroid, a new study suggests. The debris ring, which likely lasted tens of millions of ...

The mirrors for NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other ...