Astronomers at the Complutense University of Madrid first spotted this intriguing event using a powerful telescope in ...

A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

The 2020 mini-moon was eventually identified as a rocket ... and it only circles about 25% of the Earth. The asteroid won't complete a full orbit of Earth, so some astronomers refer to it as ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

Scientists first caught sight of the mini-moon while observing an asteroid named Polymele ... chances of us seeing this tiny satellite from Earth were near impossible. That’s because the ...

This weekend has November’s full Moon, or Beaver Moon, marking the last ‘supermoon’ of 2024. At a distance of 224,853 miles, this final ‘supermoon’ of the year will make for an interesting spectacle, ...

Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!

Named for the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis is capable of destroying a city if it were to strike ...