While Earth’s primary moon boasts a diameter of 2,159 miles, 2024 PT5 is comparatively minuscule. To put it in perspective : ...

Well, according to NASA, 4.43pm next Monday to be exact The mini-moon is only 3,760,000km from Earth. That certainly might sound like a lot – or at least how far the sofa from the TV remote can feel ...

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

Officially named asteroid 2024 PT5, this object entered Earth’s orbit on September 29, 2024, and will remain nearby until ...

A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

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 ...

Scientifically known as 2024 PT5, a mini-moon was detected by Carlos de la Fuente Marcos and Raul de la Fuente Marcos at the Complutense University of Madrid on the 7th of August 2024 using NASA's ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Landslides and tremors may transform the asteroid Apophis during its 2029 brush with Earth, ...

Earth welcomed asteroid 2024 PT5 as a temporary moon. 2024 PT5, 37 feet wide, is leaving Earth's orbit in November. Scientists study mini-moons like 2024 PT5 to improve tracking.