The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug.

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Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are 'Snowball Earth' events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.

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2024 PT5 will be a temporary visitor, arriving in September and flying off again in November.

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After some 15 minutes outside, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman was replaced by SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis to go through ...

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a bright streak in our planet ... won’t complete one full revolution ...