Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will become a mini-moon orbiting Earth from September 29 to November 25. This temporary celestial ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...

Traditionally, eclipse maps have been constructed from the assumption that the Moon is a perfect sphere and that all ...

Iron carried in clouds of Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean is increasingly available to tiny life forms the further it travels.

Genetic analysis shows that microbes growing inside the International Space Station have adaptations for radiation and low ...

It will pass Earth at 4,450,000 miles away. While distant, the data gathered will be crucial for tracking near-Earth objects.

Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with ...