The main belt contains millions of asteroids ranging in size from small boulders to hundreds of kilometres in diameter. Some key facts about the main asteroid belt: It contains around 1.9 million ...

The new study suggests that 2024 PT5 likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt—a collection of diverse space rocks that ...

PT5 will orbit Earth like a mini-moon for about two months before rejoining an asteroid belt orbiting the sun. It will take ...

Saturn’s rings are among the most beautiful features on any planet within our galaxy. Recently, a group of Australian ...

Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...

An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

Jedicke was not involved in the new study. Asteroid 2024 PT5 came from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which is made of small asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit.

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

"You may say that if a true satellite is like a customer buying goods inside a store, objects like 2024 PT5 are window shoppers!" This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of ...

The bus-size asteroid, which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...