Earth gained a hidden second moon over the weekend, although it is set to disappear in several weeks. Nearing the end of ...
Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!
On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.
Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.
Well, Nostradamus also had some startling predictions for 2025, including a major space event. A colossal asteroid, known as ...
This phase of the moon is a great time for stargazing since the bright side of the moon faces away from Earth and won’t overshadow celestial bodies and events. Of course, clouds and other weather ...
The asteroid burst into a fireball that lit the skies at 3:54 a.m. PT on October 22, 2024. Scientists estimated that the energy released by the asteroid upon impact with the atmosphere would be ...
Frank Sinatra once sang, “Fly me to the moon,” but now anyone on Earth can ask “Which moon do you want to go to, Frank?” ...
It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies ...
While that asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will come as close as about 620,000 miles of Earth, asteroid 2024 UQ1 is expected to get as close as 148,000 miles, a distance closer than the moon.
Back on Sept. 29, Earth’s gravity captured a small near-Earth asteroid called 2024 PT5. The asteroid is about 37 feet wide, about the size of a school bus. In relation to our moon, it is 300,000 ...
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024 concluded today in Apia, Samoa, where leaders gathered under the theme “One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth.” Leaders ...