The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.
Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...
The largest moon in the solar system is Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter. New research suggests that an ...
Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...
An asteroid is approaching the Earth which the experts say will come close enough to be caught in our planet’s gravity well, ...
It's not going to hit us, but it is going to hang out ... But ATLAS reports this upcoming mini-moon is likely to be a real asteroid, which is simply defined as a small, rocky object that orbits ...
When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...
Related: Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis hitting Earth Mini-moon events come in two flavors. The first are long episodes during which the asteroid ...
An asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months. For the next two months, an unusual ...
New research has suggested that if other much smaller space rocks hit Apophis, the asteroid, which is almost as wide as the Empire State Building is tall, could be redirected, and Earth might not ...
A stadium-sized asteroid is passing relatively close to Earth on Tuesday, NASA announced. Its distance from Earth and its ...