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

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...

PT5 will enter Earth's orbit from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, serving as a temporary "mini-moon." ...

Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...

Earth is about to gain a temporary companion in space – a mini-moon known as 2024 PT5. This near-Earth asteroid NEA) is ...

A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to briefly orbit the Earth between September 29 and November 25.

A newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...

Beginning on Sunday, the planet will capture an asteroid sailing nearby, drawing it in for one loop around Earth before ...

Unlike the existing moon — which has orbited our planet for about 4 billion years — this new floating rock is only expected ...

PT5 will orbit Earth briefly from September 29 to November 25, 2024, acting as a mini moon. It was discovered in August 2024 ...

PT5 could be anywhere between 16 to 138 feet across, potentially larger than the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk, ...