An asteroid named 2024 PT5 has entered Earth's orbit, and will be caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, before flying away back into the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from ...

A tiny asteroid will orbit around our planet for 53 days from the end of September. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

It will eventually break free of the planet’s gravitational orbit. Sadly, at just about 10 meters, the mini-moon will be extremely hard to see from Earth, but its presence will be there ...

The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published ...

Earth orbit is busier right now than it's ever been. Three people launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) today (Sept. 11) aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, pushing the total number of ...

On the same day that a crew of private spacefarers completed the first ever spacewalk by commercial astronauts, Earth’s orbit is more populated than ever. With the arrival of three people to the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it's been tough dealing with their Boeing ride leaving without them and the prospect of spending ...

Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts, temporarily entering Earth's orbit for almost two ...

The four members of the Polaris Dawn mission, riding aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft "Resilience," climbed into an elliptical orbit with a high point, or apogee, of 870 miles (1,400.7 kilometers ...

which extended what was supposed to be a weeklong mission starting June 5 to an orbit lasting at least until February. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, currently living aboard the International ...

A SpaceX rescue mission took off at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:17 p.m. on Saturday, aiming to eventually bring the two Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck in orbit since June ...

The Polaris Program teamed up with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and El Sistema USA for what they call "the Harmony of Resilience" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter ...