The Earth is parting company with an asteroid called 2024 PT5 that has been tagging along as a "mini moon" for the past two ...

On Tuesday, 26 November, asteroid 2006 WB, with a diameter of 92 metres, will pass by Earth at 892,000 kilometres, roughly ...

PT5 was first spotted on August 7 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) which is based in Hawaii and ...

Phobos and Deimos have long been thought to be captured asteroids due to their small size and irregular, asteroid-like shapes ...

The problem with this idea is that Mars is a small planet with less gravitational pull than Earth or Venus, which have no ...

Lowell Observatory astronomer and asteroid expert Nick Moskovitz said we know little about this asteroid coming by so close ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the ...

The asteroid is going to safely pass by Earth on Nov. 26, and astronomers say it’s one of many near-Earth objects (NEO).

Scientists believe the so-called "mini moon" was once part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of asteroids following a ...

Determining when water first appeared, where, and for how long, are all burning questions that drive Mars exploration.

Earth will say goodbye to an asteroid that has acted as a mini moon for the past two months. But astronomers say it will ...

Bad news, folks: those samples from the asteroid Ryugu appear to have been contaminated by life here on Earth.