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 ...

A tiny asteroid will begin to orbit Earth starting Sept. 29 and will essentially act as a mini-moon, according to a new study ...

It is expected to fly past Earth at a distance of 7,280,000 kilometres, ensuring a safe passage without any threat of ...

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's launch window opens on Oct. 7 ...

NASA has introduced an innovative approach to studying the lunar surface: shooting miniaturized spectrometers into the moon’s ...

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

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

It won't be there forever, but Earth will have a second moon when a small asteroid begins to orbit the planet later this ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months. For the next two months, an ...