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.
Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.
Earth gained a hidden second moon over the weekend, although it is set to disappear in several weeks. Nearing the end of ...
Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...
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 ...
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 skies until Nov. 25 before returning to the solar system.
Earth's new "mini-moon" 2024 PT5 will be in the sky for the next month and a half, but you'll need some serious telescope equipment to spot it. Storm Team 10's A.J. Mastrangelo explains this ...
Frank Sinatra once sang, “Fly me to the moon,” but now anyone on Earth can ask “Which moon do you want to go to, Frank?” ...
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 ...
The asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet across and will come closer to Earth than the moon.
Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!