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, ...

Professor Arjuna de Silva, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Anti Doping Agency (SLADA), has decided to step down from his post ...

Prof. Arjuna de Silva considers the clean record the country’s athletes have maintained at the international arena during the last decade is the proof of the high standard the Sri Lanka Anti-Doping ...

Between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25 2024, an asteroid from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population will be briefly pulled into orbit ...

Scientists aren't sure if 2024 PT5 is an asteroid. At roughly 10 meters in length, 2024 PT5 is difficult to spot without a ...

Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months. For the next two months, an ...

The Earth is getting a temporary "mini-moon" for about two months starting later this month. The mini-moon—that's the ...

Jedicke was not involved in the new study. Asteroid 2024 PT5 came from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which is made of small asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit. “We think ...

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

According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the “moon” in ...

Earth is about to gain a temporary second moon, as the small asteroid 2024 PT5 will be gravitationally captured by our planet ...