Astronomers have found a space rock that has been quietly hanging around Earth for decades: a tiny asteroid named 2025 PN7. This so-called “quasi-moon” isn’t a true moon or a mini-moon, because it ...

For the next two months, an unusual object about the size of a bus will be orbiting above our heads. Say hello to Earth’s temporary new "mini-moon." From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid will ...

Earth's quasi-moons are not actually moons, but temporary asteroids that eventually leave Earth’s orbit JPL-Caltech/NASA A new "quasi-moon" named 2025 PN7 has been discovered, according to a ...

A second "mini-moon" — asteroid 2024 PT5 — will temporarily enter the Earth's orbit later this month Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

It looks like the mini-moon asteroid 2024 PT5 hails from our true moon and, thus, from Earth! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...

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 moon again? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Earth will gain a “mini-moon” in just a few days, when an asteroid the size of two SUVs will pay our planet a temporary visit, and leave right around Thanksgiving. Asteroid 2024 PT5 will become a ...

2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon, is expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, 2024. Update, Oct. 9, 2024: A link to a map of asteroid 2024 PT5’s orbit around the sun ...

NASA's astronomers have recently discovered a ‘quasi-moon' orbiting within Earth's orbital neighbourhood. This quasi-moon spotted in 2025 is an asteroid and not the first celestial object to be ...

But in all likelihood, the Earth will not see this time, having been engulfed by the Sun in its red giant phase, around 7.6 ...