The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.
Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...
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, ...
Earth will grab itself another moon this month, but only briefly. The "mini-moon" in the form of asteroid 2024 PT5 will stick ...
An asteroid is approaching the Earth which the experts say will come close enough to be caught in our planet’s gravity well, ...
Related: Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis hitting Earth Mini-moon events come in two flavors. The first are long episodes during which the asteroid ...
The largest moon in the solar system is Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter. New research suggests that an ...
An asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months. For the next two months, an unusual ...
Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from ...
It's not going to hit us, but it is going to hang out ... But ATLAS reports this upcoming mini-moon is likely to be a real asteroid, which is simply defined as a small, rocky object that orbits ...