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

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

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

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

For example, the Perseid meteor shower occurs every August when Earth intersects with debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. What are some interesting asteroid belts in our solar system? There are a few ...

A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two ...

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

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

Earth is to get a new moon as an asteroid heading towards us will be trapped in orbit. From September 29, 33-foot-wide ...

Today, NASA has issued a notice regarding a significant celestial event. A 510-foot asteroid, approximately the size of a ...