A new study suggests that X-ray pulses could be used to deflect enormous asteroids on a collision course with Earth.

Earth is about to gain a temporary companion in space – a mini-moon known as 2024 PT5. This near-Earth asteroid NEA) is ...

PT5 will enter Earth's orbit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, serving as a temporary "mini-moon." ...

Tengrinews.kz - Earth will temporarily acquire a second "Moon" at the end of September 2024, when a small asteroid enters our ...

Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend ...

The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern before the gravity of other objects in our ...

An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, according to a proof-of-concept ...

It was a good week for space science, as a trio of Earth scientists at Monash University found evidence that Earth may have ...

There’s a clue about how to do that in the natural behavior of comets. As sunlight heats a comet’s ice until some turns to ...

An asteroid named 2024 PT5 will enter Earth's orbit this week, get caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, and then fly away into the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from 2020, ...

Researchers theorize X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to vaporize an asteroid's surface, altering its trajectory ...

A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to briefly orbit the Earth between September 29 and November 25.