On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

It’s an exciting time for skywatchers right now, as not only is there the Leonid meter shower to look forward to, but there’s ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

Earth will be hosting a "mini-moon" starting this weekend. Also sometimes called a "second moon," the small asteroid will rotate Earth for several months. The existence of the asteroid ...

Earth will soon have a new moon — a mini-moon to be exact — as a small asteroid performs a loop around our planet over the next few months. Back in early August, the Asteroid Terrestrial ...

Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week, as a small asteroid – about the length of a double-decker bus – enters the planet’s orbit. The temporary guest, called 2024 PT5 ...

At the conference, Rolls-Royce displayed a prototype of this mini reactor ... ready for deployment on the Moon. According to the press statement, the micro-reactor may also provide power and ...

WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth ...

The Japanese private spaceflight company ispace has unveiled a mini rover that will fly on its next moon landing mission next year. The micro rover will launch in winter 2024 inside the payload ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 14, 2024, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

NRIC, a key initiative under the DOE, is dedicated to fast-tracking the development and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies like the eVinci microreactor. Its mission includes establishing four ...