After almost two months of companionship, Earth has just lost its “mini-moon.” On Monday, the asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 was ...

A new study reveals that the asteroid 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for 2 months, may have a "lunar origin." ...

No, it’s obviously the Earth’s famous second moon. Asteroids generally do one of three things when they get a but too close ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In an extraordinary celestial event, Earth has been hosting a “mini-moon” the size of a city bus for the ...

SIZED “mini moon” is in the final days of its trip to Earth’s skies – and will soon vanish until 2055. The holidaying ...

"The moon is sort of like Earth's attic in terms of preserving the impact records; it's the only place where we can get Earth ...

Planet Earth is going separate ways from an asteroid that has spent the last two months floating along as a "mini moon" - with the space rock moving away on Monday. This departure is due to the mini ...

You'll get a full moon once during each 29.5-day cycle ... The full moon happens when the moon is opposite the sun with Earth in the middle. A new moon happens when the moon is between Earth and the ...

asteroid close to Earth). After just under two months in orbit, it's time to say goodbye to an asteroid that became Earth’s temporary mini-moon ... but it won't get close enough to go into ...

The asteroid is due to leave Earth's orbit on Monday, November 25 at 4.43pm in the UK – or 11.43am in New ... get about a million miles or so away from the Earth. "So not closer than the moon ...

get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. While the asteroid will be entering Earth's orbit, it is not yet a guarantee that 2024 PT5 will even qualify as a moon. "It certainly won ...