Starting this weekend, the earth will have two moons for a few months while a small asteroid flies by. The asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT 5, is 11 metres...

Starting this weekend, the earth will have two moons for a few months while a small asteroid flies by. The asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT 5, is 11 metres...

Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an...

"You wouldn't want to take chances on an asteroid the size of a city." Our descendants will — at some time in the future — almost certainly need...

Any time you see a headline about an asteroid heading towards the planet, you can relax. Big and small asteroids fly by Earth all the time.

Earth will temporarily get a second moon this month. According to astronomers, an asteroid will be captured by Earth’s gravity and effectively be a...

In December 2020 the space probe Hayabusa 2 brought samples of asteroid Ryugu back to Earth. Since then, the few grams of material have been through...

Asteroid '2024 PT5', discovered by ATLAS in August, flew past Earth on September 29 and will orbit it for 57 days. This mini-moon, part of the Arjuna...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms that two large asteroids, named 2020 GE and 2024 RO11, will safely pass by Earth on September 24, 2024....

Earth is set to gain a temporary mini-moon this autumn with the arrival of asteroid 2024 PT5. The asteroid, measuring about 33 feet wide, will orbit...