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

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

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit around the Sun, temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity to become a far away ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface. Researchers found its composition matches lunar rock samples, specifically silicate-rich ...

NASA announced Wednesday that the odds of the up to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth dropped from record highs. See where ...

In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space rock roughly the size of a school bus, according to Phys.org. Following its discovery ...

An object, officially called 2024 PT5, which was first spotted in August 2023, then observed as a near-Earth asteroid. Subsequent research included the thrilling speculation that this in reality could ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which once had the highest recorded impact probability for its size.

Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 40 to 90 metres wide, a "size range comparable to that of a large building," Dr Paul Chodas, manager for the Centre for Near-Earth ...

Scientists think that 2024 PT5 could be part of a hidden population of lunar asteroids: parts of the Moon that have been ejected into space over millions of years by asteroid or comet impacts.