This story was updated to add new information. The Earth will soon have a second mini-moon, although it will be a brief visit. Scientists wrote about the mini-moon and its anticipated orbit around ...

A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit around the Earth as a “mini-moon” later this month before the space rock departs into other parts of the solar system. The 10m-wide asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5 ...

For the next two months, the moon will have a temporary companion in its orbit around the Earth. A small asteroid, called a “mini-moon,” will partially circle the Earth before returning on an ...

Asteroids regularly pass through Earth’s cosmic neighbourhood, and most of them never attract public attention. Every so ...

Our solar system is filled with moons both big and small. The ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, have 28 and 16 moons, respectively. Jupiter and Saturn have hundreds of moons between them and even Pluto, ...

Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to be pulled into orbit around the ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have ruled out the possibility that asteroid ...

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A “red alert” involving the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of incidents ...

For all its benign demeanour, which has inspired many a song, the Moon isn't exactly welcoming. Approaching it demands ...