The Blue Ghost private space probe, part of NASA's CLPS program, continues its mission to explore the Moon. During recent maneuvers, the spacecraft transmitted new footage from the back of the ...

For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still close enough to ...

A huge rock orbiting near Earth appears to have originated from the moon, the second such object known to exist, with maybe more than a dozen awaiting discovery. The asteroid, called 2024 PT5, is ...

Astronomers have found more evidence that a near-Earth asteroid is an ejected chunk of the moon.. The asteroid Kamo'oalewa — a Hawaiian name that means "the oscillating fragment" — is a ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

Earth set to say goodbye to its ‘mini moon’ that could be a chunk of the real moon. The so-called mini moon will be overwhelmed by stronger tug of sun’s gravity.

Earth is about to pluck a second moon from an asteroid belt — but we only get this mini-moon for 57 days. It's an asteroid about the size of a school bus, at 35 feet long, and it has a typical ...

To become a mini-moon, a cosmic body has to approach Earth at a comparatively close range of around 2.8 million miles while traveling at a relatively slow speed of around 2,200 mph.

For those in the United States, that means all lower 48 states should have a view. According to NASA, the moon will enter Earth's partial shadow at 8:41 PM EDT, but it's the peak of the eclipse ...