The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a ...

PT5 could be anywhere between 16 to 138 feet across, potentially larger than the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk, ...

An asteroid heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate: instead of smashing through our planet’s atmosphere, it’s ...

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

A small asteroid called 2024 PT5 will temporarily orbit Earth this fall. Here's what it looks like and whether it will be ...

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...

Astronomers have reported that Earth will have two natural satellites for nearly two months, from September 29 to November 25 ...

LOS ANGELES — Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact.

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month.

Starting next week an asteroid about the size of a school bus will be temporarily caught by the Earth’s gravity. It’s called ...