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

Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...

O'Donoghue pays a visit to NCPR's morning news show, Northern Light, to guide us through what to look for in the morning and ...

Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago. As part of the research, 21 asteroid ...

Earth is getting a temporary second "mini moon," a.k.a. the 2024 PT5 asteroid. Here's how you can see it and if it will ...

If you are going to look for intelligent life beyond Earth, there are few better candidates than the TRAPPIST-1 star system.

2024 PT5 will be a temporary visitor, arriving in September and flying off again in November.

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom. The show’s priority is to identify stories of ...

Ice may look safe for a game of pick-up hockey on the lake, but as a new study out of York University found, looks can be deceiving. Warming winters are not only affecting ice thickness and ...

This space rock will complete one full orbit around Earth from September 29 to November 25 before drifting away from the ...

The former presidential candidate says people 'running corporations, particularly public corporations' should not set the ...