Earth will soon have a visitor — and not of the extraterrestrial kind. Astronomers found a small asteroid that will orbit our planet this fall, becoming a "mini-moon" temporarily.

What you may not expect, however, is two moons lighting up the sky. But according to scientists, for a short period of time, ...

Multiple bullets containing a tiny spectrometer could be shot into the lunar soil by an astronaut or rover, allowing analysis ...

During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites and rocked by ...

Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet, though ...

Earth and Saturn might be a lot more similar than previously thought. In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 466 ...

For nearly two months this year, Earth’s moon will have company — a second moon. Technically, it isn’t a second moon, but ...

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

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month.

For 57 days, our planet will have two moons as the 2024 PT5 asteroid gets caught in Earth’s gravity and whirled around in our ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...