Between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25 2024, an asteroid from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population will be briefly pulled into orbit ...

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

In the process, she calculated when several distant planets’ continents were born ... By analysing how many materials like this are present on Earth and on other planets, we are also able to estimate ...

Scientists aren't sure if 2024 PT5 is an asteroid. At roughly 10 meters in length, 2024 PT5 is difficult to spot without a ...

A mini-moon will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern for about two months from September 29 to November 25.

It won't be there forever, but Earth will have a second moon when a small asteroid begins to orbit the planet later this ...

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

If you are going to look for intelligent life beyond Earth, there are few better candidates than the TRAPPIST-1 star system.

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.