Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be a new way to detect passing dark matter. MIT physicists ...

Earth is about to gain a new "mini-moon," but it won't stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, ...

A rare mini-moon, a small asteroid temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, will briefly orbit the planet for two months.

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

Earth is getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...

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

Starting next week an asteroid about the size of a school bus will be temporarily caught by the Earth’s gravity. It’s called ...

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon ...

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology’s (CAST) enhanced Chang Zheng 8A has been stacked and undergoing integration and propellant loading rehearsals at the Hainan Commercial Launch Site, ...

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a ...