But asteroids aren't inherently menacing. They're just ancient objects, formed early in our solar system's history, that ...

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters) ...

A small asteroid is going to be captured by Earth’s gravitational pull and temporarily become a "mini-moon" this autumn, ...

A small asteroid will be captured by the planet’s gravitational field, becoming a temporary "mini-moon" from 29 September ...

On Sept. 29, the Earth will temporarily get a second moon. A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit before being released ...

Earth is about to have a temporary visitor a "mini moon", though much smaller than its regular one. This mini moon is ...

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet. When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will ...

The space rock was first spotted in August by astronomers in Madrid using a powerful telescope located in South Africa.

Earth has gained a new "mini-moon" after an asteroid, named 2024 PT5, entered its orbit. The asteroid has been trailing Earth ...

AN ASTEROID is expected to be hooked into Earth’s orbit tomorrow night, acting a second ‘tiny moon’ for the next two months.

A mini-moon is a “temporarily captured orbiter” if it completes at least one full orbit of the Earth before returning to its ...