A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and ...

The study titled ‘A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT5 Captured by Earth from September to November’, states: “Asteroid 2024 PT5 ...

On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little ...

NASA's Europa Clipper will be exploring whether Jupiter's icy moon Europa could harbor conditions suitable to life. The ...

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

Traditionally, eclipse maps have been constructed from the assumption that the Moon is a perfect sphere and that all ...

An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as ...

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 ...

Late Tuesday, Intuitive Machines (LUNR) announced that NASA had awarded the company the Near Space Network contract for communication and navigation services for missions in the near-space region, ...