Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies ...

Earth gained a hidden second moon over the weekend, although it is set to disappear in several weeks. Nearing the end of ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Did you hear about our little “mini moon ... relatively close to the Earth. The is essentially a hunk of metal and rock that is named 2024 PT5. This asteroid will become ...

Well, Nostradamus also had some startling predictions for 2025, including a major space event. A colossal asteroid, known as ...

followed by the second new moon at the end of the month. November will not have a black moon, but December will, with the next one occurring on December 30. The final full moon of 2024 happens on ...

The year‘s second-to ... The Hunter’s Moon reached its peak on Thursday at 7:26 a.m. EDT, according to NASA. Between this and the moon reaching its closest proximity to Earth on Thursday ...

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...