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

A tiny asteroid will begin to orbit Earth starting Sept. 29 and will essentially act as a mini-moon, according to a new study ...

An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as ...

A small asteroid may become a "mini-moon" of Earth's for a couple of months, according to some astronomers. But what makes something a mini-moon, and why are they so hard to spot?

An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug.

After orbiting around the Earth for a few days, it will leave the planet’s neighbourhood “shortly afterwards”, until its next ...

The gigantic asteroid 2024 ON, about the size of a blue whale, will fly close to Earth next Tuesday, missing our planet by ...

Around 4 billion years ago, an enormous asteroid that was at least 10 times larger than the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs smashed into Jupiter's massive icy moon, Ganymede. The cataclysmic ...

The "God of Chaos" asteroid may indeed be on a collision course with our planet, according to a chilling update to previous predictions that brushed off the risk - but it's still really ...

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