PT5 could be anywhere between 16 to 138 feet across, potentially larger than the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk, ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.

Earth will have a second “mini-moon” in addition to its regular lunar companion for about two months starting on Sept. 29, ...

LOS ANGELES — Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact.

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

While short mini-moon events are relatively common, longer capture episodes are rare, occurring only about once every 10 to 20 years. Stargazers will need a telescope to catch a glimpse of this ...

NEW YORK – New York magazine says its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing she violated the publication’s standards by having a personal relationship wi ...

Earth's gravity will interrupt asteroid 2024 PT5's 372 day trip around the Sun, making it a temporary satellite.

SHAPIRO: Writing this month in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists estimate the asteroid is 33 feet long - about the size of a bus. And sorry, backyard ...

In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion that will stay for two months in the planet’s ...

Wheeler Robinson, then librarian of the Royal Society. “The following entry appears in the ... not only of its day, but of ...

The newly detected Kuiper Belt objects reported in the study, to be published this month in the Planetary Science Journal of ...