For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years 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 ...

"But as the moon orbits around the Earth, at some points in its orbit the ... The most common definition of a blue moon is the second moon in a month with two full moons. Unfortunately, it doesn ...

The so-called Snow Moon is named after the abundant snowfall the Northern Hemisphere often gets during February. In the UK, ...

But because the moon's orbit is slightly tilted relative to Earth's orbit around the sun ... 2025, as per the second definition of the third new moon in a season of four new moons.

Despite predictions that the asteroid might become a temporary mini-moon whirling around Earth ... So far, 2024 PT5 is just the second object in an Earth-like orbit of purported lunar origin.