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 ...

The European Space Agency says there’s now just a 0.16 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will impact our planet.

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

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth ... Studying these could provide new insight into the moon and its composition. Researchers deduced the object's true nature by ...

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 ...

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.

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 of hitting the moon instead.

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

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 ...

New observations have dramatically reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032, lowering the risk to the planet to minimal levels, but the extraordinary close approach will now offe ...