Its characteristics led scientists to ask: is it a chip off the old lunar block, making a pass by Earth for a visit? The object is known as Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2024 PT5 (or PT5, for short ...

Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still close enough to Earth to observe in detail. Now, one team has concluded that 2024 PT5 is a chunk of the real moon. The rock was most ...

Why tracking asteroids is so important Asteroids like 2025 BK are leftovers from the early solar system, and as per NASA, their paths often bring them near Earth. Tracking these objects is ...

Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based service for geospatial processing of vector and raster data. The Earth Engine platform has a JavaScript and a Python API with different methods to process ...

According to a latest update by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on January 17, 2025, two asteroids will make a close pass by Earth. Tracking these objects allows scientists to detect any ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 ...

To find out, scientists at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) tracked the motion of 2024 PT5 over several months. Artificial objects, like spent rocket boosters, are buffeted by ...

The near-Earth object may have been ejected to space following an impact thousands of years ago. NASA/JPL-Caltech For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid ...

The 2024 asteroid AV2 belongs to the group of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), which are entities of scientific significance due to their near orbits around the Earth. The 2024 asteroid AV2 belongs to ...

For several months, it has remained at a distance about nine times farther than the Moon, never coming close enough to be captured by Earth’s gravity. While not technically a “mini-moon,” its unique ...

(NASA Image) (NASA) – The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting ...