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 ...

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Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths. These rare occurrences offer valuable insights into the mechanics of our ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome ...

Earth is about to lose its tiny bonus moon. 2024 PT5, a 33-foot-wide asteroid that hung around Earth for two months, is expected to carry on with its journey through the cosmos this week. We'll lose ...

During this next close pass, NASA will use the Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna in California's Mojave Desert, which is part of the space agency's Deep Space Network, to track the asteroid before ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Planet Earth is ...