Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

The results, which the researchers call PhanDA, estimate global temperatures over the last 485 million years, going back to ...

Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...

Sadly, at just about 10 meters, the mini-moon will be extremely hard to see from Earth, but its presence will be there ...

For nearly two months this year, Earth’s moon will have company — a second moon. Technically, it isn’t a second moon, but ...

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...