Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its momentum goes to the Moon. To put it another way, as the Moon's orbital momentum ...

Earth will be "borrowing" an extra moon for nearly two months starting this week. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study ...

SPACE (KXAN) — Earth is picking up a new moon later this week. This mini-moon is about 33 feet across, the size of a small school bus, and will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. “We don’t know ...

That's no moon, it's an asteroid. Earth is set to have a visitor in its orbit in the form of a "mini-moon" also known as asteroid 2024 PT5 over the next couple of months. The asteroid is set to take a ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the size of a bus. Orbit animation courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | ...

The hits from Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission to the moon keep coming, as just days after sharing gorgeous images of Earth seen from space, the spacecraft has now captured incredible footage of ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

China's Chang'e 6 mission continues to make history, having collected the first samples ever retrieved from the far side of the moon and now transferring those samples between spacecraft in orbit.