After its close approach to the Earth, 2024 PT5 is slowly receding away in its new, more distant orbit ... faint rocks ejected by the moon. “We’re also going to have to get savvier about how we can ...

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...

Unlike other common asteroids, 2024 PT5 ... new doors in the study of our Moon. This small celestial object, once thought to be just another asteroid, may have a much deeper connection to Earth ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface ... On Sunday, 29th September, Earth captured a new "minimoon" known as 2024 PT5.

A space rock, now dubbed 2024 PT5 made several close passes by Earth, not quite orbiting our planet, but hovering nearby for several months. A new study ... a piece of the Moon, which was broken ...

Earth has its fair share of fleeting companions. But sometimes, these so-called “mini-moons” have a surprising origin story. Take 2024 PT5 ... new paper, seems to point toward the mini-moon ...

After its close approach to the Earth, 2024 PT5 is slowly receding away in its new, more distant ... faint rocks ejected by the moon. “We’re also going to have to get savvier about how we ...