For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

The Full Beaver Supermoon gets its name because it tends to happen around the same time as when beavers start to take shelter ...

Scientists first caught sight of the mini-moon while observing an asteroid named Polymele, near the outskirts of the solar system. NASA says that the asteroid is around 17 miles along its widest axis.

WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth ...

October has been a stellar month for celestial events, with comets, a mini-moon, the Draconid meteor shower and the recent supermoon. And now comes the Orionid meteor shower. The Orionid meteor ...

It will then leave Earth behind but return in 2055. Can we see our mini moon? No, it is too dim to see with backyard telescopes. However, it is in the brightness range for professional astronomers.

Pete and Wendy Hopkinson and their dog 'Princess Pink' were visiting the Sir Henry Segrave JD Wetherspoon restaurant ...

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between ...