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

While short mini-moon events are relatively common, longer capture episodes are rare, occurring only about once every 10 to 20 years. Stargazers will need a telescope to catch a glimpse of this ...

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

An asteroid heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate: instead of smashing through our planet’s atmosphere, it’s ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is keeping a close watch. Two giant asteroids, 2024 RY15 and 2024 RZ21, are set to fly by ...

Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

SHAPIRO: Writing this month in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists estimate the asteroid is 33 feet long - about the size of a bus. And sorry, backyard ...

A rare mini-moon, a small asteroid temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, will briefly orbit the planet for two months.

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

Earth is getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...