To qualify as a mini-moon, an asteroid must be relatively close to Earth, within 4.5 million kilometers, and travel at a ...

Discover the recent phenomenon of Earth's new 'minimoon' 2024 PT5 and its temporary capture in Earth's gravitational pull!

Mini-moon will not complete a full orbit. Instead, it will experience a slight gravitational pull from Earth before ...

Earth’s orbit has temporarily welcomed a second moon. Discovered by NASA scientists in early August, the mini-moon, 2024 PT5, ...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet ...

Here’s the deal: On Sept. 29 Earth’s gravity snagged a “mini moon” and pulled it into our orbit. This second moon is ...

This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our ...

On August 7, NASA-funded UH‘s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert Survey (ATLAS) telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...

As the traditional solid-based sensors are less effective in noisy environments and susceptible to unwanted disturbances, ...

As of last night, Earth has a mini-moon! According to NASA, a moon is simply a natural object that orbits a planet. Earth's new mini-moon is actually an.. | Earth And The Environment ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Over the weekend, a small asteroid entered what will be a nearly two-month orbit around our planet.

Orbiting our planet in a horseshoe-shape, the moon will eventually return to a heliocentric orbit, which is around the Sun.