Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Earth gained a hidden second moon over the weekend, although it is set to disappear in several weeks. Nearing the end of ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

The asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet across and will come closer to Earth than the moon.

NIU STEAM launch to the WNIJ studio, and they brought their telescopes, to answer if Earth really has two moons.

LignoSat, developed by Japanese researchers, will be released into orbit about 250 miles above the Earth from the ...

It's a big month for astronomers, as a major meteor shower sparks up the night and the "comet of the century" nears Earth.

NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut have successfully undocked from the International Space Station, making a return to Earth after weeks of delay due to weather.

Forever Held' was created in collaboration with Ólafur Arnalds and is inspired by “love letters from Earth to space” ...

In the coming decades, at least two of the asteroids are expected to make an even closer flyby of Earth. 2024 TR6 will return ...

Severe cooling from volcanic sulfates - not warming - was the primary trigger of a mass extinction event 201.6 million years ...