Here’s the deal: On Sept. 29 Earth’s gravity snagged a “mini moon” and pulled it into our orbit. This second moon is ...

This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our ...

On August 7, NASA-funded UH‘s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert Survey (ATLAS) telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...

As the traditional solid-based sensors are less effective in noisy environments and susceptible to unwanted disturbances, ...

As of last night, Earth has a mini-moon! According to NASA, a moon is simply a natural object that orbits a planet. Earth's new mini-moon is actually an.. | Earth And The Environment ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Over the weekend, a small asteroid entered what will be a nearly two-month orbit around our planet.

Orbiting our planet in a horseshoe-shape, the moon will eventually return to a heliocentric orbit, which is around the Sun.

Mini moons are just asteroids that get trapped between the Earth and the moon's gravitational pull, so they can't pass us by ...

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

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Near-Earth objects (NEOs) that move in horseshoe-shaped paths can come close to our planet at low speeds. During these times, ...

A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...