It's most recent approach to Earth was 8 August 2024 and flew past at 3,100 mph. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In an extraordinary celestial event, Earth has been hosting a “mini-moon” the size of a ...

An asteroid on collision course with the Moon could shower Earth with shrapnel and debris if it hits our natural satellite, ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

However, without buckets of water on its surface like Earth has, tidal effects on the moon are far more subtle. The moon does, however, experience changes in its shape and gravity. How the moon ...

Because the force of gravity is stronger at shorter ... forces could have significantly heated the Moon when its orbit was between 16 to 22 Earth radii distant. This region is called the Laplace ...

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit ... or about 10 times the distance between Earth and the moon. Long episodes involve ...

In a rare astronomical event, Earth is set to capture a temporary moon between September 29 and November 25 ... These are asteroids or comets that are temporarily captured by a planet’s gravity. While ...

This week, the craft swung back to Earth on its way to Jupiter and used both Earth and the moon’s gravity to slingshot it onward, in the first lunar-Earth flyby. When you think about spacecraft ...

An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one perpetually facing Earth and the ...

Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and chance ... reveal striking similarities between Earth and the moon. For instance, oxygen isotopes in both ...

"Mini-moon" events are when objects in space ... It will be captured by the Earth's gravity between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25, and will travel in a horseshoe shape while in orbit.