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 ...

A small asteroid is going to be captured by Earth’s gravitational pull and temporarily become a "mini-moon" this autumn, according to scientists. The asteroid is expected to orbit from 29 September ...

The dramatic collision occurred on September 26, 2022 The moment it crashed was captured on video The target of DART's impact was Dimorphos, a small moonlet Nasa's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

Earth will be hosting a "mini-moon" starting this weekend. Also sometimes called a "second moon," the small asteroid will rotate Earth for several months. The existence of the asteroid ...

A visitor from space is about to join our planet for a brief visit - and become a ‘second moon’. An asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, will become a ‘mini-moon’ of Earth for a few weeks, orbiting our planet ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A stadium-sized asteroid that passed by Earth this month will return, according to NASA. PEOPLE reported that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued an alert regarding a "stadium ...

The results show that X-rays could play an even bigger role than the initial shock wave itself, though more data needs to be gathered to form a comprehensive asteroid defense plan. Some 66 million ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election The 10m-wide asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, will become a ...

The extinction of the dinosaurs has been a hotly debated topic for decades, and whether it was an asteroid, a volcanic eruption or even poisonous plant species. But researchers have found hard ...

According to experiments and computer simulations, the radiation of a nuclear blast could be enough to change the trajectory of an asteroid threatening Earth—if spotted in time. About 66 million ...