A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 has been creating a buzz among researchers. Discovered last year with the help of a ...

New research suggests that Earth's recent mini-moon might have originated as part of our actual moon long, long ago.

PT5 traced to lunar highlands; Apollo 14 rocks match Research reveals natural origin; trajectory rules out space debris ...

In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space rock roughly the ...

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 was discovered by Nasa's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Scientists believe that the ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...

For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

A small asteroid, referred to as Earth's temporary "mini-moon," could actually be a piece of the Moon that broke away ...