It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

2024 PT5, a new mini-moon, highlights space mining potential. Asteroids hold vast resources, making mining increasingly viable. Captured mini-moon offers insights into the Solar System's formation.

This "mini-moon" isn't a moon at all. It's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. At just 33 feet wide, it's about the size of a yellow school bus. The "mini-moon" got stuck in Earth's gravitational field when ...

Some reckon this could be a reference to the Earth-sized asteroid named '2024 PT5', which is due to make a proportionally close pass us next year. And the final unsettling prediction Nostradamus made ...

When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space ...

Our faithful Moon has always given us company. In an exciting new development, scientists have detected a temporary “second moon” orbiting Earth—an asteroid named 2024 PT5, whose capture by Earth’s ...