(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named ...
Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.
A recently-discovered asteroid will soon become a mini-moon of Earth, and it will hang around until Thanksgiving.
Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...
It’s an exciting time for astronomy enthusiasts as Earth will temporarily get a second moon for almost two months. A recent ...
Experts said it can only be viewed with telescopes used by professional astronomers. The revelation was published in ...
The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.
Earth will soon have a second moon, but it will be nothing like the one we're accustomed to seeing in the night sky. The new "mini-moon" will be asteroid 2024 PT5, a space rock discovered earlier this ...
According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the “moon” in ...
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a galaxy cluster has two streams of superheated gas crossing ...
2024 PT5 will be a temporary visitor, arriving in September and flying off again in November.