A bus-sized asteroid is due to zip past our planet today, skimming closer to us than our own moon. The asteroid, named 2024 WF5, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Center for ...

After turning the problem over with a supercomputer, researchers believe the Martian moons may be what's left of an asteroid that strayed too close to the planet. As scientists have learned more ...

Over the past few weeks, you’ve might have heard somewhere that Earth was about to get a second moon. Now it’s confirmed, Earth has two moons just after capturing asteroid 2024 PT5. Last September 29 ...

A rock retrieved from a near-Earth asteroid is crawling with microbial life, scientists have discovered. But the bacteria on its surface almost certainly came from Earth. The sample is part of a 0 ...

Scientists examining a rock sample from outer space thought they’d hit the jackpot recently when they discovered that it was teeming with life. But they soon learned that the microbes actually ...

Asteroid 2006 WB will zoom by Earth on Tuesday, and astronomers say it’s one of nearly 40,000 near-Earth objects (NEO), which is not even the most exciting. Lowell Observatory astronomer and ...

A stadium-sized asteroid, 2006 WB, will pass Earth at a safe distance of twice the Earth-Moon distance on November 26. Traveling at 9,400 mph, this near-Earth object will allow astronomers to ...

A supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse rises over Lake Michigan in Chicago, US, September 17, 2024. File Image/AP Earth is bidding farewell to its “mini moon,” asteroid 2024 PT5, a fascinating ...

Unlike the moon, this "mini-moon" was never expected to stick around. The mini-moon is officially known as asteroid 2024 PT5. After first joining up with Earth on Sept. 29, 2024, the mini-moon ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares to depart our orbit on Monday, just before this year's Thanksgiving celebration. This fascinating ...