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 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.

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) ...

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 briefly hosted a 33-foot asteroid, 2024 PT5, as a 'mini-moon' for about two months. Discovered by NASA, this space rock is believed to be a fragment of our moon, ejected during ancient ...

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 ...

Last year, Earth briefly gained a second moon. Not a grand, glowing orb like the one we know, but a modest space rock, just ...

On September 29, 2024, the Earth will have a “second Moon” for two months, marking a truly out-of-this-world phenomenon! It’s an asteroid named 2024 PT 5, which NASA discovered on August 7 ...

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, ...

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 ...