The mini-moon's lunar origin is further hinted at by its spectra, which suggest its chemical composition matches well with ...

For the last few months, Earth has had a second “mini-moon.”The moon is actually a small asteroid that Earth’s gravity grabbed onto. It is called 2024-PT5 and is about 33 feet wide, which is about the ...

The asteroid 16 Psyche is theorized to contain $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 worth of valuable metals, including platinum and ...

It's an Earth sandwich! What if we placed our Earth between our Solar System's two asteroid belts: the Main Asteroid Belt and the Kuiper Belt. How long would it be before one of these belts sent their ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VK3, will pass Earth at a distance of about 273,000 miles, just further than the moon's 238,900-mile ...

NASA plans to probe a unique asteroid 2.2 billion miles away in order to learn more about the cores of planets, but it could ...

SIZED “mini moon” is in the final days of its trip to Earth’s skies – and will soon vanish until 2055. The holidaying ...

Astronomers have scrambled to collect as much data as possible about Earth's temporary mini moon before it leaves. They've ...

The Earth’s natural resources are enormous but not infinite. A lack of some rare minerals can hinder technological ...

Unlike Earth's moon, which orbits every 27.3 days, 2024 PT5 won't complete a full orbit, behaving more like a "window shopper ...

Earth's gravity briefly captured asteroid 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. This rare event, lasting from September to November 2024, a ...

New research reveals that 70% of meteorites that strike Earth originate from three young asteroid families in the main ...