The mini-moon is Asteroid 2024 PT5, which was discovered in August. In an article published by the American Astronomical ...

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

PT5 could be anywhere between 16 to 138 feet across, potentially larger than the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk, ...

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.

NEW YORK – New York magazine says its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing she violated the publication’s standards by having a personal relationship wi ...

SHAPIRO: Writing this month in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists estimate the asteroid is 33 feet long - about the size of a bus. And sorry, backyard ...

The newly detected Kuiper Belt objects reported in the study, to be published this month in the Planetary Science Journal of ...

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

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

In a new report in the Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists announced that 2024 PT5 is just 33 ...