Labeled as ‘mini-moon’, the discovery of the small asteroid has triggered lot of excitement, among the community of amateur ...

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month.

For 57 days, our planet will have two moons as the 2024 PT5 asteroid gets caught in Earth’s gravity and whirled around in our ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...

An asteroid, pulled into Earth’s orbit, is sometimes known as a ‘mini-moon.’ You’ll need a telescope to view it.

Earth is about to get a temporary companion as an asteroid known as "2024 PT5" will become a "mini-moon" starting on 29. Discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in South Africa ...

The asteroid is named 2024 PT5. ATLAS was developed by the University of Hawaii in partnership with NASA. It consists of four telescopes: two in Hawaii, one in Chile and one in South Africa. This is ...

A mini-moon will happen again in 2029; that one WILL be visible to the naked eye. The asteroid Apophis will come within ...

The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.

According to reports, a small asteroid called a ‘mini-moon’ will circle Earth for 53 days starting at the end of September.

The mini-moon, dubbed 2024 PT5, is only about 10 meters (around 32 feet) across, according to TIME, which will make it very difficult to see from Earth, but it is expected to stick around in orbit for ...