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 ...

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 getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...

Earth will have a second “mini-moon” in addition to its regular lunar companion for about two months starting on Sept. 29, ...

Earth's gravity will interrupt asteroid 2024 PT5's 372 day trip around the Sun, making it a temporary satellite.

( KTLA) — Earth will soon have two moons, but not for long. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the “moon” in question is a ...

Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon ... with each mini-moon hanging around for at least a year. In 1992 and 2022 ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...