An asteroid heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate: instead of smashing through our planet’s atmosphere, it’s ...

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.

2024 PT5 will be pulled toward the sun and continue traveling around the solar system. Though 2024 PT5 is relatively small in ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

Viral social media posts claim Earth is getting another moon for a short period of time. “Earth is set to temporarily obtain another moon on September 29th. The asteroid known as a ‘mini-moon ...

WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth ...

The moon is our only natural satellite. We might pick up a temporary mini-moon here and there ... planet's masses of ocean water to bulge out toward the moon as well as on the opposite side ...

While the moon may be "super" this month, Earth will also, incidentally, have a mini-moon orbiting it until Nov. 25. "2024 PT5", as it's called, is only 33 feet long and won't be visible to the ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Nov. 14, 2024, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

This November's full moon is a supermoon, meaning it's closer to Earth in its orbit and appears larger and brighter than ...

A man claims his mini-moon has been ruined after he and his wife were told to leave a Merseyside Wetherspoons. Pete Hopkinson and his wife Wendy headed to Southport yesterday, November 4 ...