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

Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...

A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will become a mini-moon orbiting Earth from September 29 to November 25. This temporary celestial ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

Genetic analysis shows that microbes growing inside the International Space Station have adaptations for radiation and low ...

Traditionally, eclipse maps have been constructed from the assumption that the Moon is a perfect sphere and that all ...

It will pass Earth at 4,450,000 miles away. While distant, the data gathered will be crucial for tracking near-Earth objects.

Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's launch window opens on Oct. 7 ...

NASA's ninth commercial crew spaceflight, from Florida no earlier than late September, and this mission will be unique for two reasons.

Iron carried in clouds of Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean is increasingly available to tiny life forms the further it travels.

Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election ...