An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting ...

This asteroid is a quasi-satellite of Earth, meaning it orbits the Sun but stays close to Earth. Kamoʻoalewa is roughly 131-328 feet (40-100 meters) in diameter and may be a fragment of the Moon ...

which landed on the Moon using a precise landing technique in March 2024. Investigating an asteroid with Tianwen-2 China’s Tianwen-2 mission is an ambitious asteroid sample return and comet ...

Are we about to get Jingle Bell rock-ed? Santa Claus isn’t the only thing making a fly-by of Earth this week. NASA has warned ...

The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...

It builds on the success of Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission, which landed on the Moon using a precise landing technique in March 2024. China’s Tianwen-2 mission is an ...