Earth getting mini-moon (temporarily). What to know about asteroid 2024 PT5. Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will ...

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our solar system’s space rocks. The asteroid belt is as old as the solar system ...

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

The asteroid belt was a vast collection of rocks that was believed to be the remains of a planet that never formed. During the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago, Jupiter's ...

Although it’s hard to spot without a decent telescope, the mini moon is here through Nov. 25. The only similarity between the mini moon and Earth’s moon is they are both made of rocks, said Jason ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a ...

Beginning Sunday, Earth's skies will soon have a temporary visitor. On September 29, an asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 will become a "mini-moon" of sorts, temporarily entering Earth's orbit for almost two ...