Currently, more than 2 million miles away, the object is too small and faint to see without a powerful telescope.

Asteroid that became Earth's mini-moon is returning and scientists are planning to study it this time. Will it become a ...

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the asteroid 2024 PT5 as it ended its stint ...

Preliminary research suggests asteroid 2024 PT5, which stuck around Earth for almost two months, has lunar origins ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but will it ever be a second ...

After a two-month visit, 2024 PT5 is ready to continue its cosmic journey—but it will be back in a few decades.

Scientists believe the so-called "mini moon" was once part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of asteroids following a ...

Earth will say goodbye to an asteroid that has acted as a mini moon for the past two months. But astronomers say it will ...

Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's ...

The mini moon, known as 2024 PT5, is quite possibly a boulder blasted off the moon by a crater-forming asteroid ...

For about two months, Earth had a temporary second moon from an asteroid that scientists believe originated from our only ...