The Earth will soon have a second mini-moon this fall. A newly discovered asteroid will orbit the planet starting in late September. Scientists discovered asteroid 2024 PT5 on Aug. 7 through the ...

Earth is set to gain another moon by the end of the month — a small asteroid that will be snared by our planet's gravity until the end of the year, scientists say. The mini-moon, an asteroid called ...

SPACE (KXAN) — Earth is picking up a new moon later this week. This mini-moon is about 33 feet across, the size of a small school bus, and will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. “We don’t know ...

Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to be pulled into orbit around the ...

Earth is set to have a second “mini moon” for just under two months. The lunar companion will be in Earth’s orbit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. A mini moon is an object from space that is temporarily ...

The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around the sun. When you purchase through links ...

The exoplanets belong to a class of worlds called mini-Neptunes, which are smaller and farther from their stars than so-called hot Jupiters, which are easier to spot because they are massive and orbit ...