From late September to late November 2024, Earth will have a “mini-moon” named 2024 PT5 orbiting it. This mini-moon, ...

Earth is set to gain a “second moon” for about two months this year, thanks to the asteroid 2024 PT5, which was discovered in ...

While short mini-moon events are relatively common, longer capture episodes are rare, occurring only about once every 10 to 20 years. Stargazers will need a telescope to catch a glimpse of this ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.

LOS ANGELES — Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact.

The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

It's an asteroid, a big one, and the Earth's gravity is going to "capture" it on Sept ... You may remember when NASA sent up Artemis I in late 2022, the spacecraft's trip around the moon was "piloted" ...

From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it ...

Earth is set to get a new 'mini-moon' for two months. Experts say an asteroid, roughly the length of a London bus, will be ...

then again in 2022. It is expected to return to Earth’s orbit to take up a horseshoe orbital path again in 2051. The asteroid ...

And it’s thought that the Chicxulub asteroid, which ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, rumbled Earth for ...