What if Venus became Earth's moon? Explore how our planet would change if Earth’s twin, a planet almost the same size and ...

Earth has a new 'MOON', scientists reveal – and it's here to stay for at least 1,500 years. Space rock called 2023 FW13 was found with the Pan-STARRS telescope, Hawaii ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...

Unlike the existing moon — which has orbited our planet for about 4 billion years — this new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking ...

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

Dubbed the 2024 PT5, the 'mini-moon' will orbit Earth for nearly two months. It comes in a season of lunar phenomena. What you need to know about Earth's new, temporary mini-moon - Los Angeles Times ...

Earth has a new mini-moon, but don’t get too attached. Goodbye mini-moon, we hardly knew ye. By Charlie Wood. Published Feb 27, 2020 6:30 PM EST.

An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet's orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...

It’s not the moon, but you can call it mini-moon. Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit. The asteroid, known as 2020 CD3, is only the second asteroid known to orbit Earth ...

Forming a Moon with an Earth-like Composition via a Giant Impact. Robin M. Canup in Science, Vol. 338, pages 1052–1055; November 23, 2012. Tidal Evolution of the Moon from a High-Obliquity, High ...