By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired moniker may have been more accurate than we realized.

has now been revealed to contain a miniature representation of the surrounding landscape. Dr Anthony Milnes from the University of Adelaide's School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences ...