Asteroid 2024 PT5 is considered Earth's mini-moon and may be a key target for potential asteroid mining operations.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. China is about to begin one of the most unusual asteroid ...

China’s Tianwen-2 has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, a tiny quasi-satellite of Earth, beginning a mission to collect samples and test its lunar origins.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the ...