A powerful adaptive optics system compensates for blurring introduced by atmospheric turbulence, making it one of the most powerful Earth-based ... this view of Jupiter's moon Io – the ...

Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's ...

Preliminary research suggests asteroid 2024 PT5, which stuck around Earth for almost two months, has lunar origins ...

Earth's recent "mini-moon" asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but ...

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares to depart our orbit on ...

Astronomers at the Complutense University of Madrid first spotted this intriguing event using a powerful telescope in ...

Earth has had mini moon visits in the past. The asteroid 2022 NX1 temporarily got caught in Earth's orbit for a short time in ...

For the past two months, a small asteroid named 2024 PT5 has been keeping Earth company, acting as a "mini-moon." Now, it's ...

it's time to say goodbye to an asteroid that became Earth’s temporary mini-moon. Having entered into an orbit of Earth on Sept. 29, 2024, a near-Earth asteroid called 2024 PT5 was captured by ...

As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter) occur about a week apart, with the full ...

The study challenges the traditional view that ... moon raises new questions about the moon’s early history, its internal ...

And as of Monday, Nov. 25, it’ll part ways with us. Here’s what to know about it: Earth’s new "mini moon" was discovered on Aug. 7 by NASA-funded specialized equipment based in South ...