A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

The study titled ‘A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT5 Captured by Earth from September to November’, states: “Asteroid 2024 PT5 ...

"Primordial black holes do not live in the solar system. Rather, they’re streaming through the universe, doing their own thing. And the probability is, they’re going through the inner solar system at ...

You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...

Earth about to get a temporary ‘mini moon’ this month, scientists say - Space rock to orbit Earth for brief period between ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months. For the next two months, an ...

Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...

The bus-size asteroid, which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.

Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...