Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The moon is covered in craters like Daedalus, as seen by the Apollo 11 crew on the moon's far side. - NASA The asteroid known as ...
2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid and is 11 meters in diameter (artist's impression shows an asteroid approaching Earth). Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of ...
The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of September. An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon ...
Lunar-based measurements reveal Earth’s outgoing radiation is dominated by low-order spherical harmonics, providing unified global data for climate and environmental studies ...
A second "mini-moon" — asteroid 2024 PT5 — will temporarily enter the Earth's orbit later this month Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...
Later this month, the earth will briefly gain a new moon. An asteroid called 2024 PT5 will be making a horseshoe-shaped partial orbit around Earth before it breaks free of our planet's gravitational ...
The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has unveiled breathtaking images of Earth and the Moon, taken by the Tianwen-2 probe currently orbiting space. These images, released on July 1, 2025, ...
Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate that 2024 PT5— which is what ...