A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its ...

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 ...

Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving ...

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 ...

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 ...

The asteroid will orbit the Earth for about two months starting from Sept. 29. The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of September. An asteroid will come close ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

These short-timers, also known as temporarily captured ... asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit. “We think that there is about one dishwasher-size minimoon ...