The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.

A recently-discovered asteroid will soon become a mini-moon of Earth, and it will hang around until Thanksgiving.

The tiny asteroid, which researchers named "2024 PT5," will temporarily orbit Earth before returning to an asteroid belt revolving around the sun. Scientists discovered the object Aug. 7 using the ...

NASA-funded scientists discovered a tiny asteroid—which they named 2024 PT5—on August 7, using the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in South Africa during routine monitoring ...

Scientists from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid have tracked the asteroid's orbit for 21 days and determined its future path. 2024 PT5 is from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which orbits the sun ...

This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5. Unlike the moon, Earth's primary companion which has accompanied our planet for around 4 billion years ...

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month. brutto film - stock.adobe.com Our blue moon will no longer be standing ...

A new paper suggests asteroid 2024 PT 5 will become a "mini-moon" from late September to November 25. Scientists occasionally discover asteroids that orbit the Earth for short periods ...

Now named asteroid 2024 PT5, it will be captured in Earth's gravitational pull between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25. After that, it will escape Earth's orbit and be pulled toward the sun before continuing ...