Asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but will it ever be a second ...

Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...

These short-lived moons offer key research opportunities, especially in the fields of asteroid mining and space exploration.

Earth captured asteroid 2024 PT5 back in September and expected to hold on to it till November according to Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. See an orbit ...

A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...

For about two months, Earth had a temporary second moon from an asteroid that scientists believe originated from our only ...

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 ...

The “mini moon” that’s been tagging along in Earth’s orbit recently is departing on Monday — leaving behind a scientific surprise: It may have once been part of our own actual moon.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on ...