Earth will soon have a visitor — and not of the extraterrestrial kind. Astronomers found a small asteroid that will orbit our ...

The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published ...

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month. brutto film - stock.adobe.com Our blue moon will no longer be standing ...

Say hello to Earth’s temporary new mini-moon. From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid will be pulled in by Earth’s gravity — sort of like a window shopper — before returning to its ...

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, revolving ...

Asteroid 2024 ON, sized roughly 720 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth today at a distance of 997,793 kilometers—more ...

This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5. Unlike the moon, Earth's primary companion which has accompanied our planet for around 4 billion years ...

VESTAL (WBNG) -- An asteroid that will be in Earth’s gravitational orbit will be a “mini-moon” for a couple of months. A “moon” is any object that orbits an object in space. According to ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...

The asteroid, named by the space agency as "2024 ON," is 621,000 miles from Earth Danielle Jennings is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Human Interest and Sports. She joins PEOPLE ...

The Planetary Society; CC BY-NC 3.0 Asteroid Apophis doesn’t currently pose a threat to Earth when it passes by in a few years, but an astrophysicist has envisioned a scenario where that could ...

A potentially hazardous asteroid the size of a sports stadium is set to skim past Earth this week. The asteroid, known as 2024 ON, is estimated to be around 290 meters (950 feet) across.