Earth has a new “mini- moon ” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after ...
There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.
A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...
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 ...
The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern before the gravity of other objects in our ...
Beginning on Sunday, the planet will capture an asteroid sailing nearby, drawing it in for one loop around Earth before ...
Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 ...
It won't be there forever, but Earth will have a second moon when a small asteroid begins to orbit the planet later this ...
It may sound like something out of an epic space movie, but earth is going to get a second moon for a short time.
TYLER, Texas — Did you know the Earth is getting a second, mini-moon? Well, sort of. There will be a satellite-like object ...
The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the ...
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...