DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

Tony Dunn, an amateur astronomer who creates orbit simulations, posted an animation ... The asteroid's past movements ...

This allowed Hera to capture the first images of Earth and the Moon from a distance of more than one million km!" SEE ALSO: We could nuke an incoming asteroid ... rarely impact Earth, but when ...

If the object is indeed an asteroid and inserts itself into Earth orbit, it would be considered a “mini-moon,” but not everyone is convinced. Some scientists, including members of NASA, ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

The moon will soon have ... before returning to an asteroid belt revolving around the sun. Scientists discovered the object Aug. 7 using the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in ...

Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined ... when it was spotted by scientists as part of the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System. The 2024 in its name refers to ...

On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts ... the object Aug. 7 using the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Sutherland, South Africa during ...

Scientists first caught sight of the mini-moon while observing an asteroid named Polymele, near the outskirts of the solar system. NASA says that the asteroid is around 17 miles along its widest axis.