Sometimes, life really does resemble 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 ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

It is worth noting and emphasizing that it is not a threat to the Earth or the moon. This tethering will start September 29 and last a month until about Thanksgiving as it ends on November 25.

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun ... and will be the second new moon in a calendar month. Looking for a telescope to observe the moon or anything else in ...

Perigee and apogee occur once every orbit around the earth, but a supermoon ... Like any fleeting moment, the moon is at its fullest for only a brief second before it continues its orbital path.

The Leonid meteor shower streaks across the night sky in November. Here's what to know, including when is the best time to ...

it should be within approximately 90 percent of its closest distance to Earth. Blue Moon: A Blue Moon is the second Full Moon in a month that experiences two Full Moons. This phenomenon graces our ...

The AFC view shows Earth in the bottom left with the moon near the center of the frame ... in the skies above the sunlit Pacific Ocean. A second image was taken using the spacecraft's Thermal ...

The second Moon in any month is always called a Blue ... This is when a new or Full Moon coincides with the Moon's closet point to Earth in its monthly orbit (known officially as perigee).