Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, that's a prime opportunity.

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This discovery has led scientists to believe there are many ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Many of the planets in our solar system have multiple moons, and some even have dozens ...

WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a ''mini moon.'' The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth ...

The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

Discovered by NASA's ATLAS, this small asteroid will exit Earth's orbit by mid-November 2024. Its fleeting presence offers astronomers valuable insights into tracking mini-moons and potential ...

Late at night on Thursday, March 13, and into Friday, March 14, the full worm moon will do something strange and spectacular as it passes through Earth’s dark shadow in space. Colloquially ...