Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5.

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 ...

Preliminary research suggests asteroid 2024 PT5, which stuck around Earth for almost two months, has lunar origins ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which follows a similar orbital path around the sun as the Earth. Now ...

A so-called “mini moon” that’s been orbiting Earth for the last couple of months is about to disappear off into our solar system again. The near-Earth asteroid, officially called 2024 PT5 ...

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 ...

Though its visit was brief, this small space rock—dubbed a “mini moon” by many—has had quite a few eyes on it as it acted as a second moon for our planet. Discovered in August 2024 ...