The Franklin Institute's chief astronomer Derrick Pitts on the second moon orbiting Earth through November, Orion's ...

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For a short time, dear Luna has a friend. The asteroid 2024 PT5 spans just 33 feet (10 meters) and won’t even orbit Earth ...

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

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The system was developed by the University of Hawaii and funded by NASA. PT5 likely hails from the Arjuna asteroid belt. NASA ...

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A team of astrophysicists from several institutions in Italy, working with a colleague in the U.S., has found that aliphatic ...

An asteroid is approaching the Earth, which experts say will be close to enough to technically become a temporary second moon ...

PT-5," scientists say. It's an asteroid stemming from a continuous asteroid belt that currently orbits our sun.