The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

One such example occurred in 1981 and 2022, when another asteroid — known as 2022 NX1 — similarly took a short trip around ...

The gigantic asteroid 2024 ON, about the size of a blue whale, will fly close to Earth next Tuesday, missing our planet by ...

An asteroid impacted Earth earlier today, just a mere few hours after being discovered by astronomers. Thankfully, it didn't ...

The mini-moon is Asteroid 2024 PT5, which was discovered in August. In an article published by the American Astronomical ...

A plane-sized asteroid will safely pass by Earth today, offering scientists a chance to gather valuable data about near-Earth ...

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

Astronomers have reported that Earth will have two natural satellites for nearly two months, from September 29 to November 25 ...

Asteroid PT5 was discovered on August 7 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System and was observed by a team in ...

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

Known as "temporarily captured flyby," this celestial event occurs when asteroids inadvertantly enter the gravitational field ...

The dwarf planet Ceres has a diameter of almost 1,000 kilometers and is located in the asteroid belt. In the television ...