Asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but will it ever be a second ...
Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the departing asteroid 2024 PT5.
After a two-month visit, 2024 PT5 is ready to continue its cosmic journey—but it will be back in a few decades.
Preliminary research suggests asteroid 2024 PT5, which stuck around Earth for almost two months, has lunar origins ...
Astronomers are gearing up to study an asteroid that will revisit Earth in 2025. It is about 33 feet wide and will come quite ...
Brian Hackney reports on the possible origins of Earth's recent "mini-moon" that is preparing to depart our orbit.
Earth has a temporary, tiny companion. While not quite a "mini moon," since it will never be captured by Earth's gravity, ...
Currently, more than 2 million miles away, the object is too small and faint to see without a powerful telescope.
PT5 was first spotted on August 7 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) which is based in Hawaii and supported by NASA.
Dubai: Earth bade farewell to a “mini-moon” on Monday (October 25) after it tagged along for the past two months. Unlike the moon, the “mini-moon” wasn’t expected to stick around.
Earth has separated from its temporary second moon, but it's not the last time Earth will say hello to the space rock.