2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

New research suggests that Earth's recent mini-moon might have originated as part of our actual moon long, long ago.

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...

The discovery of 2024 PT5 doubles the number of known asteroids thought to originate from the moon. Asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa was found in 2016 with an Earth-like orbit around the sun ...

according to Asteroid Watch. Fast emphasized that although these asteroids are passing "relatively" close to Earth, they're still a great distance away. The moon itself is fewer than 240,000 miles ...

More specifically, The space rock's spectra most closely matched moon samples brought to Earth by the Apollo 14 mission, leading scientists to posit that it may have originated from lunar highlands.

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Last year, astronomers on the hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth ... this asteroid is hanging around in our celestial neighborhood. This object appears to be a piece of the Moon, which ...

The Bennu discovery helps to illuminate how, early in the Solar System’s history, asteroids and other planetary building blocks were not just “lumps of stone and ice, but active ‘living’ objects”, ...