Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to be pulled into orbit around the ...

Earth will be hosting a new guest this fall. No, it's not an alien. It's an asteroid. The space rock, which has been named “2024 PT5,” has been traveling along its normal path around the sun, but will ...

For the next two months, the moon will have a temporary companion in its orbit around the Earth. A small asteroid, called a “mini-moon,” will partially circle the Earth before returning on an ...

A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit around the Earth as a “mini-moon” later this month before the space rock departs into other parts of the solar system. The 10m-wide asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5 ...

That's no moon, it's an asteroid. Earth is set to have a visitor in its orbit in the form of a "mini-moon" also known as asteroid 2024 PT5 over the next couple of months. The asteroid is set to take a ...

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