The mini-moon is Asteroid 2024 PT5, which was discovered in August. In an article published by the American Astronomical ...

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

Astronomers have reported that Earth will have two natural satellites for nearly two months, from September 29 to November 25 ...

Astronomers have reported that Earth will have two natural satellites for nearly two months, from September 29 to November 25 ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.

You can see the astroid, named 2024 PT5, for a short time before it heads on its way.

From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it ...

Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

SHAPIRO: Writing this month in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists estimate the asteroid is 33 feet long - about the size of a bus. And sorry, backyard ...

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...