A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on ...

But asteroids aren't inherently menacing. They're just ancient objects, formed early in our solar system's history, that ...

Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

PT5 — was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful telescope located in ...

The Earth has a new companion for the next 2 months! A passing asteroid named 2024 PT5 has become gravitationally tethered to ...

A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft caught up with the International Space Station and moved in for docking Sunday.

Birds and dinosaurs lived together for millions of years, but only toothless birds survived the asteroid impact that upended ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily orbit Earth as a “mini-moon” for nearly two months starting ...

The asteroid was first detected by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on August 7. , Technology & ...

Earth's orbit will temporarily capture a mini moon - a tiny asteroid called Asteroid 2024 PT5. An astronomer tells whether we'll be able to see it.

Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.”The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus ...