"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?" ...

The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published ...

Previously, scientists believed that most near-Earth asteroids came from beyond the orbit of Mars. However, the possibility that Kamo`oalewa is a fragment of the Moon.

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Experts say the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon have increased while there is no significant risk of it hitting Earth.

A new mini-moon — referred to scientifically as 2024 PT5 — is set to make a two-month orbit around the Earth this fall. Here’s what you need to know about the rare occurrence.

When NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft collided with an asteroid moon called Dimorphos in 2022, the moon was significantly deformed—creating a large crater and reshaping ...

The moon shines over the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. ... ZTF has spotted a handful of Atira asteroids inside the orbit of Earth.