A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...

What is a 'second moon' and when will one be in range of Earth? Will people be able to see it? Here's what to know about what ...

New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely ...

“Earth can regularly capture asteroids from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population and pull them into orbit, making them mini ...

The moon is getting a little friend. For about two months a so-called mini-moon will orbit Earth.

Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...

A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to briefly orbit the Earth between September 29 and November 25.

This temporary celestial guest, mini moon, might just be bright enough to be clearly observable from the Earth using telescopes.

Soon, there will be two moons above the Earth at once. The second Moon will appear in late September thanks to a new asteroid ...

Unlike the existing moon — which has orbited our planet for about 4 billion years — this new floating rock is only expected ...