A tiny asteroid will orbit around our planet for 53 days from the end of September. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Low-orbit satellites reside in the lower layer of Earth's atmosphere, between 100 and 1,200 miles from the surface. This region of space offers limited real estate.

The asteroid will orbit the Earth for about two months starting from Sept. 29. The Earth is getting a second moon for a limited time beginning the end of September. An asteroid will come close ...

An asteroid named 2024 PT5 has entered Earth's orbit, and will be caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, before flying away back into the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from ...

HELSINKI — Chinese commercial on-orbit servicing company Sustain Space has secured financing to support launching its first demonstration satellite. The “pre-A+” funding round secured tens ...

When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet's gravity and orbit the globe - but only for about two months. The space rock - 2024 PT5 - was first spotted in ...

After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any astronaut since the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and ’70s. By Kenneth ...

Iran has launched a new research satellite into orbit, state media reported, taking another step in advancing its aerospace programme while defying criticism and objections from Western countries.

Earth obtained a new mini-moon, which is actually a near-Earth asteroid, named 2024 PT, on Sept. 29. The asteroid is estimated to be 33 feet wide, about the length of a school bus and at least ...

Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet, though researchers say the space rock likely won’t be visible without the ...