A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will spend the next two months alongside our planet as a mini moon before swooping back to deep ...

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long.

Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend ...

You might not be able to see it without a powerful telescope, but Earth will get its own mini-moon for 57 days this fall as a ...

Earth's moon soon won't be the only orbiting body in the sky. 'Mini-moon' asteroid 2024 PT5 will soon be here.

The asteroid is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of space rocks in the solar system that revolve around the sun.

The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern before the gravity of other objects in our ...

This story was updated to add new information. The Earth will soon have a second mini-moon, although it will be a brief visit. Scientists wrote about the mini-moon and its anticipated orbit around ...

“Earth can regularly capture asteroids from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population and pull them into orbit, making them mini ...

Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...

A remarkable celestial event is on the horizon, pun intended, as a second mini-moon is expected to enter Earth's orbit soon.

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...