A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

The one in August was 224,917 miles away. September’s was 222,131 miles away. A partial lunar eclipse also unfolded that ...

Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's atmosphere. That was always going to happen. In fact, Binar means "fireball" in the ...

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 ...

followed by the second new moon at the end of the month. November will not have a black moon, but December will, with the next one occurring on December 30. The final full moon of 2024 happens on ...

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 ...

Asteroid (2024 UQ1), which is roughly bus-sized, is due to pass closer to the Earth than the moon. Stock images of an asteroid passing Earth (main) and a bus (inset). Asteroid (2024 UQ1), which is ...