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 ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

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.

Scientists first caught sight of the mini-moon while observing an asteroid named Polymele, near the outskirts of the solar system. NASA says that the asteroid is around 17 miles along its widest axis.

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 ...

October has been a stellar month for celestial events, with comets, a mini-moon, the Draconid meteor shower and the recent supermoon. And now comes the Orionid meteor shower. The Orionid meteor ...

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 ...

It will then leave Earth behind but return in 2055. Can we see our mini moon? No, it is too dim to see with backyard telescopes. However, it is in the brightness range for professional astronomers.

Pete and Wendy Hopkinson and their dog 'Princess Pink' were visiting the Sir Henry Segrave JD Wetherspoon restaurant ...

November’s night sky offers Venus and a crescent moon shining together as five planets emerge after sunset and a “Super ...