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

A newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...

Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.

LOS ANGELES — Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact.

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 ...

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

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

Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be a new way to detect passing dark matter. MIT physicists ...