told Space.com that if a true object orbiting Earth is “like a customer buying goods in a store, objects like 2024 PT 5 are window shoppers.” According to Space.com, short mini-moon events are ...

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet’s orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

According to new reports, the newfound asteroid is actually an ancient companion of Earth’s, a quasi-moon that has been orbiting within our planet’s vicinity since at least 100 B.C. Further ...

For the first time, astronomers think they've found solid evidence of a moon orbiting ... it's possible that the second dip in light could be caused by another planet orbiting the star, but ...

Quantitatively upstaging Earth’s guest appearance of a second moon this fall, a recent study found that Saturn has 128 new moons in its orbit. Astronomers confirmed this discovery on March 11 ...

(Second animation): This animation shows the moon orbiting Earth at the same distance as the ISS. Latest videos Have you ever wished the Jupiter or Saturn were closer to Earth? Saturn’s rings ...

In our oceans, the moon’s gravity pulls more strongly on the near side of Earth, producing a bulge; inertia from Earth’s rotation produces a second one to balance the first. Instead ...

Earth will soon have two moons, but not for long. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the “moon” in question is a celestial ...

Earlier this month, NASA released a set of photos highlighting a newly arrived module for Gateway, a small space station that the agency aims to launch to lunar orbit in 2027. That module is HALO ...

Using data from NASA 's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within ... as one side of the Moon is always turned ...