An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the ...

How long will the mini-moon be around? The asteroid will rotate Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. After about two months in our orbit, 2024 PT5 will be pulled toward the sun and continue traveling ...

The Didymos binary system is the asteroid that was targeted by NASA’s asteroid-smashing DART mission in September 2022. The car-sized DART spacecraft successfully deflected Didymos’ small moon ...

Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.

This was seen when NASA’s DART slammed into the small moon of asteroid Didymos. Today, on Asteroid Day ... began meeting. These two groups plan the different aspects of humanity’s response to this ...

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 ...

An Asteroid Will Become Earth’s ‘Mini-Moon’ for Two Months The tiny asteroid will complete a wide orbit over the course of 53 days, but don't get your hopes up about seeing it.

When NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew past its first official target Dinkinesh in November 2023, researchers discovered that the asteroid—known as "Dinky"—was not alone in space. A satellite ...

How an Asteroid Hit the Moon and Made Two 'Grand Canyons' Published Feb 05, 2025 at 6:13 AM EST. By . Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K.

This image provided by NASA shows a view from orbit looking obliquely across the surface of the moon, where an ancient asteroid strike carved out a pair of grand canyons on the moon’s far side.

The team also released a picture of a small moon orbiting the large asteroid Pulcova. This moon was discovered in February 2000 using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), also on Mauna Kea.