Daichi Fujii, curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, captured an extraordinary moment when an unidentified object ...

Astronomers believe another asteroid might have hit the Moon long ago, producing pieces of ejecta that then struck out on their own. "In the lunar ejecta formation scenario, 2024 PT5 could be a ...

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 ...

"These objects are very faint and we can only see them by the light they reflect ... chunk of rock ejected from the Moon’s surface after an asteroid impact long ago," Nasa explained.

Surely it’s only coincidence that the last Friday the 13th of 2024 coincides with the peak of the Geminids meteor shower and ...

The December full moon is on the rise - and it's an interesting one. The December full moon is on Dec. 15 this year.

The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday. Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept.

The full moon is set for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14-15 "for two successive nights," according to EarthSky.org. And a ...

Mini-moon events are divided into two categories: those with long episode stays, during which the asteroid completes one or more full orbits of our planet over the course of one or more years ...

Earth is about to bid farewell to its temporary celestial companion as asteroid 2024 PT5 prepares ... visitor may actually be a long-lost piece of our regular moon. Carlos de la Fuente Marcos ...