Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

Earth's orbit will temporarily capture a mini moon — a tiny asteroid called Asteroid 2024 PT5. Local educators tell us ...

This October, the astronomy world will be abuzz with night-sky happenings, from a bright and potentially naked-eye-visible ...

This month, Earth will briefly gain a second moon, a small asteroid known as 2024 PT5. You'll need some special equipment to ...

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 October 9, Jupiter turns retrograde in the zodiac sign of Gemini. This will create a short period of hullabaloo within the collective as a big shift occurs in our social lives, especially any ...

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

Mini moons are just asteroids that get trapped between the Earth and the moon's gravitational pull, so they can't pass us by ...

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Earth captures second moon for a few weeks Asteroid 2024 PT5 part of the Arjuna asteroid belt Asteroid 2024 PT5 will not be ...

A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...