Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...

A 200-foot (58 meters) wide asteroid is set to fly much closer to our planet than the distance to the moon this Saturday. While asteroid 2023 DZ2 poses no threat of impacting Earth during this ...

The internet has been buzzing about the so-called "mini-moon" that will remain in Earth's gravitational orbit for roughly two months. The 33-foot-long asteroid known as 2024 PT5 was discovered by ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 10, 2024, the moon is 9 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new ...

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.

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Astronomers have spotted a large asteroid destined to whizz unusually ...

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 ...