The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

A newly discovered asteroid, also referred to as a mini-moon or second moon, is set to enter Earth's orbit temporarily this ...

Europe's Hera mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART probe hit in September 2022, has arrived at its launch ...

Experts say the small asteroid will start its trek around our planet in late September but doesn't pose any threat.

An asteroid heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate: instead of smashing through our planet’s atmosphere, it’s ...

PT5 will orbit Earth briefly from September 29 to November 25, 2024, acting as a mini moon. It was discovered in August 2024 ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.

Earth is set to get a new 'mini-moon' for two months. Experts say an asteroid, roughly the length of a London bus, will be ...

LOS ANGELES — Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact.

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.