A new study suggests that X-ray pulses could be used to deflect enormous asteroids on a collision course with Earth.

Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 ...

PT5 will enter Earth's orbit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, serving as a temporary "mini-moon." ...

Tengrinews.kz - Earth will temporarily acquire a second "Moon" at the end of September 2024, when a small asteroid enters our ...

Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend ...

While quite small, the rock gains the classification of a mini-moon once it orbits the Earth. Likely originating from the ...

An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, according to a proof-of-concept ...

It was a good week for space science, as a trio of Earth scientists at Monash University found evidence that Earth may have ...

Earth will soon have two moons, but not for long. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the ...

There’s a clue about how to do that in the natural behavior of comets. As sunlight heats a comet’s ice until some turns to ...

An asteroid named 2024 PT5 will enter Earth's orbit this week, get caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, and then fly away into the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from 2020, ...

Researchers theorize X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to vaporize an asteroid's surface, altering its trajectory ...