The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon ...

Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...

In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion that will stay for two months in the planet’s ...

The tiny asteroid will complete a wide orbit over the course of 53 days, but don't get your hopes up about seeing it.

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...

A small asteroid may become a "mini-moon" of Earth's for a couple of months, according to some astronomers. But what makes ...

A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two ...

The gigantic asteroid 2024 ON, about the size of a blue whale, will fly close to Earth next Tuesday, missing our planet by ...

2024 PT₅ will then swing past for a final goodbye on 9 January 2025, coming within 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) ...

An asteroid is headed ... about the asteroid. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from 2020, have been discovered to be random pieces of space junk. The 2020 mini-moon was eventually ...