Last year, astronomers on the hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids spotted something unusual. A space rock, ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 was discovered by Nasa's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Scientists believe that the ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting, our planet for several months.

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

Why hadn't we noticed it sooner? - NASA and all of humanity failed to locate this asteroid. They are small in size and the ...

A MASSIVE comet that is set to “shine brighter than Venus” could be visible over Ireland tonight. The comet, called C 2024 G3 ...

A small asteroid named 2024 PT5, once hailed as Earth's temporary second moon, might have originated from our very own Moon.

On Monday, the comet was at perihelion, the point at which it is closest to the Sun, which influences how bright it appears.