China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a ...

Earth's moon soon won't be the only orbiting body in the sky. 'Mini-moon' asteroid 2024 PT5 will soon be here.

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...

Earth has a new “mini- moon ” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after ...

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.

The asteroid is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of space rocks in the solar system that revolve around the sun.

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...

Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week, as a small asteroid – about the length of a double decker bus – enters ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking three asteroids scheduled to pass Earth on 25 025.

When will Earth get a new mini moon? And how long will it be there for? Here's everything you need to know about the asteroid ...