Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

On average, mini-moons remain in Earth’s orbit for anything from a few months to two years with the asteroid eventually ...

A rare mini-moon, a small asteroid temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, will briefly orbit the planet for two months.

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

A small asteroid called 2024 PT5 will temporarily orbit Earth this fall. Here's what it looks like and whether it will be ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...

Earth will have a second “mini-moon” in addition to its regular lunar companion for about two months starting on Sept. 29, ...

From Grace Earth may have had its own ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, lasting for tens of millions of ...

Starting next week an asteroid about the size of a school bus will be temporarily caught by the Earth’s gravity. It’s called ...

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon ...