The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of. Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to ...

The tiny asteroid, which researchers named "2024 PT5," will temporarily orbit Earth before returning to an asteroid belt ...

The bus-size asteroid, which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

The dwarf planet Ceres has a diameter of almost 1,000 kilometers and is located in the asteroid belt. In the television ...

The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.

"You may say that if a true satellite is like a customer buying goods inside a store, objects like 2024 PT5 are window shoppers!" This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of ...

However, unlike our permanent lunar companion, this "mini-moon" will only stick around for about two months before returning to its usual orbit within the Arjuna asteroid belt. A Window Shopper ...

While many people associate asteroids with the Asteroid Belt that separates Mars and Jupiter, Deskur said that there are smaller clusters throughout space, with some near Earth. Due to these ...

According to reports, a small asteroid called a ‘mini-moon’ will circle Earth for 53 days starting at the end of September.

Dwarf planet Ceres is an unusual “inhabitant” of the asteroid belt. With a diameter of around 960 kilometers, it is not only the largest body between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; unlike its rather ...

Artist illustration of asteroid belt (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The current path of the asteroid also enabled researchers to trace its origins. They suspect it comes from the Arjuna asteroid belt ...