For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...
“Skywatchers can see the next full moon, the Beaver Moon, on November 15, starting at 4:29 p.m. EST. This moon is extra ...
Later in the week, the final supermoon of 2024 ... see the moon during twilight hours. Supermoons, an unofficial title coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979, only happen when the celestial body ...
Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!
On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.
Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.
This phase of the moon is a great time for stargazing since the bright side of the moon faces away from Earth and won’t overshadow celestial bodies and events. Of course, clouds and other weather ...
Frank Sinatra once sang, “Fly me to the moon,” but now anyone on Earth can ask “Which moon do you want to go to, Frank?” ...
The 2020 mini-moon was eventually identified as ... to X of what the asteroid's path will look like. 2024 PT5 has already been near Earth since July. During the event, the asteroid's geocentric ...
The asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet across and will come closer to Earth than the moon.