Technically a “temporarily captured object,” 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid and Earth’s newest mini-moon. This 11-meter ...

Europe has embarked on the mission to put humans back on the moon with a new lunar simulator launched in Germany, French ...

When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet's gravity and orbit the globe — but only for ...

On Sept. 29, the Earth will temporarily get a second moon. A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit before being released ...

Earth will capture a miniature, "second moon" this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny ...

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Once in a mini-moon. You won't be able to see the 2024 PT5 asteroid when it hitches a ride in the moon's orbit of Earth starting today — not with your average backyard telescope — but that doesn't ...

Earth will get a "new moon" this weekend when, on Sunday (Sept. 29), it captures the asteroid 2024 PT5, claiming it as a very ...

It will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time ...

An asteroid called 2024 PT5 will orbit the Earth for around two months. Will this "mini-moon" be seen from the Houston sky?

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have recently announced that a “second moon” is coming later this ...

A mini-moon is a “temporarily captured orbiter” if it completes at least one full orbit of the Earth before returning to its ...