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.
You can see the astroid, named 2024 PT5, for a short time before it heads on its way.
It's an asteroid, a big one, and the Earth's gravity is going to "capture" it on Sept. 29. And hold it until Nov. 25. How does NASA know exactly how long our visitor will stay? Hint: There is a lot of ...
From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it ...
SHAPIRO: Writing this month in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists estimate the asteroid is 33 feet long - about the size of a bus. And sorry, backyard ...
Earth is getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...
The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...
Earth's gravity will interrupt asteroid 2024 PT5's 372 day trip around the Sun, making it a temporary satellite.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology’s (CAST) enhanced Chang Zheng 8A has been stacked and undergoing integration and propellant loading rehearsals at the Hainan Commercial Launch Site, ...
Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.
(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named ...
was first detected on August 7 using the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), funded by NASA. ATLAS is a ...