Earth's orbit will temporarily capture a mini moon — a tiny asteroid called Asteroid 2024 PT5. Local educators tell us ...

Researchers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) say they discovered a “mini moon”, using equipment at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SALT) in Sutherland in the ...

Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...

This October, the astronomy world will be abuzz with night-sky happenings, from a bright and potentially naked-eye-visible ...

This month, Earth will briefly gain a second moon, a small asteroid known as 2024 PT5. You'll need some special equipment to ...

On September 27, the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Mauna Loa in Hawai'i spotted the ...

After a four-week hiatus, NASA has republished a document seeking ideas for how to repurpose a pair of smallsats for an asteroid mission, removing many technical details about those spacecraft in ...

An asteroid named 2024 RH45 is set to fly past Earth today at 10:24 pm. Measuring 110 feet, roughly the size of a commercial ...

To qualify as a mini-moon, an asteroid must be relatively close to Earth, within 4.5 million kilometers, and travel at a ...

Mini-moon will not complete a full orbit. Instead, it will experience a slight gravitational pull from Earth before ...

Earth's natural satellite—the moon—is currently welcoming a temporary “mini-moon” named 2024 PT5. What is the mini moon? Why ...