Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, has long intrigued scientists. Since its discovery in 1801 by astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, experts have debated what this giant, crater-covered object ...

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 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) ...

WASHINGTON — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size ...

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus that will be temporarily trapped by our planet's gravity ...

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

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

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

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

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