PT5 will orbit Earth briefly from September 29 to November 25, 2024, acting as a mini moon. It was discovered in August 2024 ...

The sun is midway through its life of fusion. It's about 5 billion years old, and though its life is far from over, it will ...

If you were to compare Earth today with the planet 485 million years ago, when would it be warmer? A new research study charting temperatures over nearly half a million years reveals the surprising ...

The results, which the researchers call PhanDA, estimate global temperatures over the last 485 million years, going back to ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

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 ...

Earth will soon have a second moon, but it will be nothing like the one we're accustomed to seeing in the night sky. The new "mini-moon" will be asteroid 2024 PT5, a space rock discovered earlier this ...

Implementing Project 2025, the conservative manifesto written by ex-Trump officials, could have serious repercussions on ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...