On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet ...

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

A new study sheds light on the birthplace of asteroid Ryugu, which is now believed to have formed near Jupiter.

Mini-moon will not complete a full orbit. Instead, it will experience a slight gravitational pull from Earth before ...

To qualify as a mini-moon, an asteroid must be relatively close to Earth, within 4.5 million kilometers, and travel at a ...

Astronomers and biologists have long believed that a lot of the chemistry necessary for life was imported to Earth aboard ...

NASA is closely monitoring these asteroids as they travel through space. This event simply showcases the many intriguing ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

Philip Metzger, a planetary physicist at the University of Central Florida, explained that the primary difference between ...

An asteroid named 2024 RH45 is set to fly past Earth today at 10:24 pm. Measuring 110 feet, roughly the size of a commercial ...

This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our ...

No need for farewells, 2024 PT5 may drop in again in 2055 Everybody be on their best behavior: Earth has a visitor. 2024 PT5 ...