Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This discovery has led scientists to believe there are many more ...

Unlike other common asteroids, 2024 PT5 has an ... impacts and may open new doors in the study of our Moon. This small celestial object, once thought to be just another asteroid, may have a ...

YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

A new study of 2024 PT5 suggests it's no coincidence this asteroid is hanging around in our celestial neighborhood. This object appears to be a piece of the Moon, which was broken off in a ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

On Sunday, 29th September, Earth captured a new "minimoon" known as 2024 PT5 ... Earth is set to capture a temporary second moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, starting September 29, 2024.

"This is a story about the moon as told by asteroid scientists ... asteroid but then strayed into new territory in terms of the questions we can ask of 2024 PT5." More information: Theodore ...

Potential Lunar Connections 2024 PT5 is now the second known asteroid possibly from the Moon. The first, 469219 Kamo’oalewa, was discovered in 2016. These findings open doors for further lunar ...

It was reported in January that the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in December 2032. A few weeks later, ...