An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the ...

How long will the mini-moon be around? The asteroid will rotate Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. After about two months in our orbit, 2024 PT5 will be pulled toward the sun and continue traveling ...

NASA scientists have set out the truth about a 220-foot asteroid hurtling 'near' Earth early next week. Naturally, talk of space rocks on a near-Earth trajectory gets the imagination going. My mind ...

The Didymos binary system is the asteroid that was targeted by NASA’s asteroid-smashing DART mission in September 2022. The car-sized DART spacecraft successfully deflected Didymos’ small moon ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

When NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew past its first official target Dinkinesh in November 2023, researchers discovered that the asteroid—known as "Dinky"—was not alone in space. A satellite ...

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

One of them will come within just 77,200 miles of our planet, which is roughly one-third of the average distance between Earth and the moon. That asteroid, called '2025 CF,' is an estimated 12 ...

The team also released a picture of a small moon orbiting the large asteroid Pulcova. This moon was discovered in February 2000 using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), also on Mauna Kea.

This image provided by NASA shows a view from orbit looking obliquely across the surface of the moon, where an ancient asteroid strike carved out a pair of grand canyons on the moon’s far side.