Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern before the gravity of other objects in our ...

Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A ...

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...

As November draws to a close, 2024 PT5 will be released from Earth's gravitational embrace. It will then resume its journey ...

Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...

In a rare astronomical event, Earth is set to capture a temporary moon between September 29 and November 25. The new addition ...

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...

The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the ...

Earth is set to have a second “mini moon” for just under two months. The lunar companion will be in Earth’s orbit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. A mini moon is an object from space that is temporarily ...

“Earth can regularly capture asteroids from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population and pull them into orbit, making them mini ...