A rare mini-moon, a small asteroid temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, will briefly orbit the planet for two months.

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

Earth is getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...

In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion that will stay for two months in the planet’s ...

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

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology’s (CAST) enhanced Chang Zheng 8A has been stacked and undergoing integration and propellant loading rehearsals at the Hainan Commercial Launch Site, ...

Matthew Dominick continues to wow us with impressive astrophotography from aboard the International Space Station.

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named ...

Medically evacuating an astronaut from space is difficult and expensive, and a new model predicts that one in three ...

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

A newly discovered asteroid, also referred to as a mini-moon or second moon, is set to enter Earth's orbit temporarily this ...