An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet's orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

The earth is getting a second "mini-moon" later this month, researchers confirmed Asteroid 2024 PT5 will stick around from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, 2024, but it won't be visible to the human eye, per ...

That orbiter then entered a halo orbit around Earth-moon Lagrange point 2. This was a test of an orbit that would later provide communications for Chang’e-4, the first lunar far side landing ...

Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which follows a similar orbital path around the sun as the Earth.

Planet Earth and a large asteroid in space. Earth's second moon is leaving just before the holidays and will fly by again in January before heading out into space until 2055. buradaki/Getty The ...

"Because if something this size were to hit the Earth, you know, it would be an apocalypse of a biblical kind," he said. "So really here, what we've got is something that's about the moon's orbit ...

Later this month, an asteroid called 2024 PT5 will be joining Earth's orbit, becoming a mini-moon. The mini-moon will be in our orbit between September 29 and November 25. Here's how to see it ...

Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate that 2024 PT5— which is what ...

Space & Spaceflight New Research Points to Violent Origin of Enigmatic Earth ‘Quasi-Moon’ Asteroid Kamo’oalewa, discovered in 2016, has puzzled astronomers with its unusual Earth-like orbit.

The documents refer to a project that NASA Chief Charlie Bolden briefed the White House on earlier this month. They describe a deep space habitat that would be built at Earth-Moon Lagrange 2 (EML ...