The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's moon join together in the pre-dawn sky.

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's moon cluster together in the same region of the pre-dawn sky, making for ...

A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit around the Sun, temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity to become a far away mini-moon.

The secondary asteroid belt orbits the Sun in a path very similar to Earth's orbit. During its recent mini-moon stint, scientists studied the 2024 PT5 from Earth.

Dubai: Earth bade farewell to a “mini-moon” on Monday (October 25) after it tagged along for the past two months. Unlike the moon, the “mini-moon” wasn’t expected to stick around.

In fact, the researchers note that a previous mini-moon from 2022 called 2022 NX1 had similar characteristics and might also have been broken off from Earth’s true moon.

Currently, the mini moon is over 2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) away, and too faint to be seen without powerful telescopes. But it’s not gone for good.

Earth has bid goodbye to its guest -- an asteroid that has been dubbed as a 'mini moon', after a two-month long stay. Starting today (Nov 25), asteroid 2024 PT5, which was first spotted by NASA in ...

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

Earth's 'mini moon' to disappear for 30 years. Known as 2024 PT5, ... It is expected to peel away from the Earth on Monday as it is overcome by the stronger pull of the sun's gravity.

The “mini moon” that’s been tagging along in Earth’s orbit for the past couple of months is departing on Monday, but not before delivering a scientific surprise: It may have once been part ...