Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, ...

The positions of Earth, the sun and Mercury at 1954 UTC on Sunday (Sept. 29) when our planet will grab itself a "second moon." (Image credit: NASA/ JPL) ...

The asteroid 2024 PT5 will leave Earth on Nov. 25 before Thanksgiving after visiting as a second moon, but new analysis shows it may have been born from our original moon and thus from Earth.

Planet Earth and a large asteroid in space. Earth's second moon is leaving just before the holidays and will fly by again in January before heading out into space until 2055.

You might’ve seen a second so-called “moon” has recently taken up residence in our orbit. The school bus-sized asteroid will be orbiting Earth until Nov. 25.

Earth is about to pluck a second moon from an asteroid belt — but we only get this mini-moon for 57 days. It's an asteroid about the size of a school bus, at 35 feet long, and it has a typical ...

While it was not born the way Earth’s moon was, another celestial body is being deemed by scientists as Earth’s second moon or “mini-moon.” Echoing Ben Kenobi, one famous popularizer of ...

NASA scientists calculated that Earth should have captured a "second moon" on Sunday (Sept. 29). The "mini-moon" is actually the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5, which usually orbits the sun as part of a ...

Later this month, an asteroid called 2024 PT5 will be joining Earth's orbit, becoming a mini-moon. The mini-moon will be in our orbit between September 29 and November 25. Here's how to see it ...

Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.Related video above: Osiris-Rex spacecraft returning home with asteroid (2023)The newly discovered asteroid, named ...

The Earth will gain a second moon this Sunday, on September 29, when a tiny asteroid comes into orbit – but only briefly. The 2024 PT5 is set to come close to Earth, ...

The Earth has a “second moon,” and it appears to have originated from the original moon. This additional moon is a near-Earth asteroid called 2016 HO3, or Kamo’oalewa, which means ...