A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

Astronomers at the Complutense University of Madrid first spotted this intriguing event using a powerful telescope in ...

For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

Back on Sept. 29, Earth’s gravity captured a small near-Earth asteroid called 2024 PT5. The asteroid is about 37 feet wide, about the size of a school bus. In relation to our moon, it is 300,000 ...

Earth welcomed asteroid 2024 PT5 as a temporary moon. 2024 PT5, 37 feet wide, is leaving Earth's orbit in November. Scientists study mini-moons like 2024 PT5 to improve tracking.

Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!

On September 29, 2024, something unusual happened in our cosmic neighborhood. Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. That’s right… as of today, November ...

The asteroid, which scientists refer to as 2024 PT5, hails from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which contains rocks that follow an orbit quite similar to Earth’s. Occasionally, some of these ...