WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Over the weekend, a small asteroid entered what will be a nearly two-month orbit around our planet.

The Earth has got itself a new moon. The new satellite is temporary: it will leave again at the end of November. And it is ...

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has relocated to new headquarters in Seal Beach, added three high-level advisers and ...

Orbiting our planet in a horseshoe-shape, the moon will eventually return to a heliocentric orbit, which is around the Sun.

Earth has a new “mini- moon ” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after ...

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these ...

Starting this Sunday, stargazers have a unique phenomenon to observe as a school bus-sized asteroid temporarily joins Earth's ...

This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our ...

Mini moons are just asteroids that get trapped between the Earth and the moon's gravitational pull, so they can't pass us by ...

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

Saturn's rings won't be visible from Earth in March 2025 and again in November 2025, due to the planets' alignments as they orbit the sun.

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