Technically a “temporarily captured object,” 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid and Earth’s newest mini-moon. This 11-meter ...

Our new heavenly neighbor will be hanging around for a few months. Unfortunately, you’ll need professional equipment to see ...

Earth is about to acquire a rare, temporary companion. A small asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will orbit our planet for two months ...

Earth has gained a new "mini-moon" after an asteroid, named 2024 PT5, entered its orbit. The asteroid has been trailing Earth ...

A truck-sized rock, named 2024 PT5, will fall into Earth’s orbit from September 29 to November 25, and return in 2055 ...

Though it can’t be seen with the naked eye or binoculars or a home telescope, but it can be visible to professional equipment ...

Once in a mini-moon. You won't be able to see the 2024 PT5 asteroid when it hitches a ride in the moon's orbit of Earth starting today — not with your average backyard telescope — but that doesn't ...

Earth is about to have a temporary visitor a "mini moon", though much smaller than its regular one. This mini moon is ...

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet. When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will ...

Earth is about to get a second moon—a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5—that will orbit the planet for about two months between ...

Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school ...

A mini-moon is a “temporarily captured orbiter” if it completes at least one full orbit of the Earth before returning to its ...