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 ...

On Sept. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 16 moon probe landed on the moon to retrieve a soil sample. Four days later, it ...

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

Earth is getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...

On Sunday, September 22, from 11:00 to 11:45 am, come to the Menlo Park Library for a special bilingual storytime and craft ...

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles alongside Warner Bros. Discover announced their NewNarratives award winners for 2024. The program was started in 2021 with the goal of sporting independent filmmakers ...

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, ...

Despite people wading foot-deep through floodwaters, the rising levels were still within minor flood stage at the harbor, ...

In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion that will stay for two months in the planet’s ...

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