An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini-moon," according to astronomers. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey ...

China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

On August 16, the science team from NASA’s Lucy mission announced the discovery of a moon orbiting the asteroid Polymele. ... This particular occultation day proved to be extra special.

Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to be pulled into orbit around ...

The football field-sized asteroid’s odds of striking the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, jumped from 1.7% in late February to 3.8% based on data collected using the James Webb Space Telescope.

The asteroid will pass by Friday and Saturday on a track that scientists suggest is slightly less than half the average distance to the moon from Earth — which is still 174,650 kilometers, or ...

The asteroid is tiny compared to the size of the Earth's moon, measuring about 10 meters in length. Speaking to ABC News, Astrophysics Professor Adam Frank from the University of Rochester ...