Astronomers at the Complutense University of Madrid first spotted this intriguing event using a powerful telescope in ...

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 ...

When the dark side of the Moon is facing Earth we cannot see it. This is called a new moon. As the Moon continues to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus ... is visible to the naked eye at night is around 6.5 and a 12-inch telescope can see objects ...

a group of space rocks in the solar system that revolves around the Sun. Prof Brown said the mini-moon will orbit Earth for 57 days before eventually swinging out of the planet’s gravitational pull.

A small asteroid is going to be captured by Earth’s gravitational pull and temporarily become a "mini-moon". This space visitor will be around from ... that follow an orbit quite similar to ...

The module will continue to keep an eye on Earth from its new perch ... it was in a very tight orbit around the Moon," says Mila Mitra, a former Nasa scientist and co-founder of Stem and Space ...

An asteroid has been following Earth around ... a "fake moon." Usually quasi-moons trail Earth for just a few decades, but this one is different. From data they've collected about its orbit ...

When the dark side of the Moon is facing Earth we cannot see it. This is called a new moon. As the Moon continues to orbit Earth we can see more and more of the lit side. At various stages in its ...