This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our ...

On August 7, NASA-funded UH‘s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert Survey (ATLAS) telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...

MIT engineers have developed a method that enables robots to make similarly intuitive, task-relevant decisions. The team’s ...

As of last night, Earth has a mini-moon! According to NASA, a moon is simply a natural object that orbits a planet. Earth's new mini-moon is actually an.. | Earth And The Environment ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Over the weekend, a small asteroid entered what will be a nearly two-month orbit around our planet.

Did you know that the moon has been joined in Earth orbit by an asteroid? Don’t worry, it’s not going to hit us – and it’ll only be with us for a while… #Space #Earth #Moon ...

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has relocated to new headquarters in Seal Beach, added three high-level advisers and ...

Orbiting our planet in a horseshoe-shape, the moon will eventually return to a heliocentric orbit, which is around the Sun.

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these ...

Starting this Sunday, stargazers have a unique phenomenon to observe as a school bus-sized asteroid temporarily joins Earth's ...

Mini moons are just asteroids that get trapped between the Earth and the moon's gravitational pull, so they can't pass us by ...