This story was updated to add new information. The Earth will soon have a second mini-moon, although it will be a brief visit. Scientists wrote about the mini-moon and its anticipated orbit ...
Some have debated whether the asteroid even qualifies as a mini-moon due to its relatively small size — clocking in at 33 ...
Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...
A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...