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If you were hoping to see the “mini moon,” you’ve probably been disappointed. But experts say the asteroid was an important ...

Earth's orbit will temporarily capture a mini moon — a tiny asteroid called Asteroid 2024 PT5. Local educators tell us ...

A new mini-moon the size of a city bus will begin circling our planet and hanging out in our skies until Thanksgiving week.

Earth welcomed a “mini moon”, a temporary visitor, into its orbit on September 29, 2024. This astral companion is due to ...

NASA is monitoring two asteroids, one the size of an airplane and the other like a bus, flying by Earth today. Additionally, ...

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons will be at ground control for the ESA Hera mission at the European Space Operations Centre in ...

After launch, Hera will use a flyby of Mars next year that will place it on a trajectory to reach the asteroids at the end of ...

An astronomer based in Belfast is to take part in the European Space Agency's (ESA) first planetary-defence mission, to help ...

NASA will track Asteroid 2025 PT5 on its next close pass by Earth in January 2025, the agency said on Wednesday.

A Belfast-based astronomer is to take part in the European Space Agency's (ESA) first planetary-defence mission, to help ward ...

Watching for changes in the Mars’ orbit over time could be a new way to detect passing dark matter. Dark matter, potentially ...