A new study has concluded that Earth's mini-moons may not have come from the asteroid belt as we once thought, but a source far closer to home. Mini-moons are small asteroids or comets that can become ...

But as a mini-moon, Asteroid 2024 PT5 isn’t in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades, de la Fuente Marcos said. The space rock will orbit about 2.6 million miles (4 ...

When Will The Mini-Moon Orbit Earth? Asteroid 2024 PT5 will begin its roughly 57-day orbit around Earth on September 29, and ...

Scientists wrote about the mini-moon and its anticipated orbit around Earth in a study published earlier this month in the non-peer-reviewed journal AAS Research Notes. The small asteroid was ...

Earth is set to gain another moon by the end of the month — a small asteroid that will be snared by our planet's gravity until the end of the year, scientists say. The mini-moon, an asteroid ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space.

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within ...

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday ...