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 ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

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 ...

Earth gained a hidden second moon over the weekend, although it is set to disappear in several weeks. Nearing the end of ...

Well, Nostradamus also had some startling predictions for 2025, including a major space event. A colossal asteroid, known as ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Did you hear about our little “mini moon ... and rock that is named 2024 PT5. This asteroid will become gravitationally tethered to the Earth for about an eight week ...

While the moon may be "super" this month, Earth will also, incidentally, have a mini-moon orbiting it until Nov. 25. "2024 PT5", as it's called, is only 33 feet long and won't be visible to the ...

WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a ... The space rock — 2024 PT5 — was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful ...