New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Two immense canyons on the moon's far side that rival Earth's Grand Canyon were produced by a cataclysmic collision nearly ...

Scientists think that 2024 PT5 could be part of a hidden population of lunar asteroids: parts of the Moon that have been ejected into space over millions of years by asteroid or comet impacts.

A new study of 2024 PT5 suggests it's no coincidence this asteroid is hanging around in our celestial neighborhood. This object appears to be a piece of the Moon, which was broken off in a ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Earth has its fair share of fleeting companions. But sometimes, these so-called “mini ...

"We had a general idea that this asteroid may have come from the moon, but the smoking gun was when we found out that it was rich in silicate minerals—not the kind that are seen on asteroids but ...

"Odin's role is to gather critical imagery of the target asteroid, preparing the way for ... which will send Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lander toward the moon. Odin will separate shortly after ...

Despite predictions that the asteroid might become a temporary mini-moon whirling around Earth, the space rock maintained a horseshoe orbit that brought it close, but it never actually entered ...

The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to ... as well as for interplanetary or cis-lunar operations near the moon. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ...