Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once ...

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5.

For a brief moment, Earth has been graced by a second moon—asteroid 2024 PT5—a celestial visitor that won’t be staying long.

The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away ...

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

Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months.

This vapor formed a disc around the Earth that eventually cooled and clumped together to become the moon. We know this thanks to rigorous studies of meteorites and rock samples, including at the ...

Right now, our current moon is spiraling away from Earth at 3.8 cm a year ... Within just a few years, those chunks would clump together, forming one large, single body. Perhaps any life that ...

The particular scenario that might be relevant to Earth and the Moon is known as binary capture. In this scenario, two bodies ...

and Saturn came together in a rare planetary conjunction. Welsh island has one of the world's darkest skies Massive asteroid passes between Earth and Moon Webb telescope detects dust storm on ...

The moon shines bright in the night sky, its monthly phases waxing and waning in a comforting and steady rhythm. Its gravity gently tugs on Earth, creating our tides. And it is drifting slightly ...