A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...

PT5 "mini-moon" asteroid will soon be in Earth's orbit. Here's everything you need to know about this celestial event.

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our ...

Earth has temporarily gained a second moon, an asteroid named 2024 PT5, which was captured in its orbit on September 29, 2024 ...

China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet ...

Earth captures second moon for a few weeks Asteroid 2024 PT5 part of the Arjuna asteroid belt Asteroid 2024 PT5 will not be ...

which researchers named "2024 PT5," will temporarily orbit Earth before returning to an asteroid belt and continue revolving around the sun. It will resume its heliocentric orbit around the sun ...

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 Asteroid ...