In case you haven’t heard the big news yet, Earth now has a second moon. But it will be around for only a short period of time. Earth obtained a new mini-moon, which is actually a near-Earth asteroid, ...

Earth will likely get another satellite, a mini-moon, tomorrow for two months. Know how and where you can enjoy the sight of the new mini-moon.(via REUTERS) This autumn, Earth is about to get a ...

Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group ...

29, Earth captured a new "mini-moon" called 2024 PT5 ... 25, the asteroid will break free of Earth's influence and resume its regular orbit of the sun without a chaperone, astronomers wrote ...

Canadians will get a nice view of a waning crescent moon this weekend, but new mini-moon will remain stubbornly hard to spot You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

If Earth survives the sun's red giant phase, it will have moved about twice as far from the sun as it is now. This new orbit will put it far outside the white dwarf's habitable zone. This grim ...

Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon for a few weeks. It won’t be the first – or the last. Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from 29 September until 25 November. The regular Moon’s new, ...

Now a study in the journal “Science” provides illuminating new context about the history of Earth's temperatures — and illustrates precisely how the current spike is the result of humanity's ...

In a new study, the authors argue that his localized impact pattern was produced after a large asteroid had a close encounter with Earth. Stretched by the planet's gravity, the asteroid broke ...

JIUQUAN -- China on Wednesday sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China. The Gaofen 12 05 satellite was launched at 7:45 am ...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.

The new satellite is temporary: it will leave again at the end of November. And it is very small, at just 10 metres across. But it is one of a very few times that we have seen the Earth acquire a ...