Mini-moons can also be asteroids that come from the main asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. Though this ...

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

It may sound out of this world, but the Earth will pick up a second mini-moon this month. But don’t get too attached to this ...

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.

It may sound like something out of an epic space movie, but earth is going to get a second moon for a short time.

The mini-moon, named "2024 PT5", was discovered back in August and will be temporarily captured by Earth's gravitational pull ...

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

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

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...

This week marks Banned Books Week, and the American Library Association (ALA) shared preliminary data Monday on the number of ...

Scientists may have just created the most efficient way to stop asteroids from obliterating the Earth. Researchers in New ...