Earth will soon have a visitor — and not of the extraterrestrial kind. Astronomers found a small asteroid that will orbit our planet this fall, becoming a "mini-moon" temporarily.

Earth is set to gain a temporary second moon this fall as the 2024 PT5 asteroid gets caught in our planet's gravitational ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

To reach that surprisingly conclusion, scientists studied the positions of 21 asteroid impact craters during the Ordovician period – the second of six periods in the ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

For nearly two months this year, Earth’s moon will have company — a second moon. Technically, it isn’t a second moon, but ...

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month.

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.

An asteroid, pulled into Earth’s orbit, is sometimes known as a ‘mini-moon.’ You’ll need a telescope to view it.

( KTLA) — Earth will soon have two moons, but not for long. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of ...

The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.