For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Later dubbed 2024 PT5, the rock is too small to see without professional equipment. Astronomers rushed to study its orbit and its nature. They found it will stay about five times more distant than our ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

Brilliant Jupiter rises at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and by twilight on Nov. 30. It can be found in the constellation Taurus at ...

When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space ...

This mini moon will loop around our planet from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. This mini moon is actually Asteroid 2024 PT5. It belongs to a group called Arjuna asteroids, which have orbits similar to Earth's.