Earth to get a mini-moon starting today!
From today until November 25, Earth will have an asteroid mini-moon. That's when the newly discovered asteroid 2024 PT5 will get close enough to Earth to be captured temporarily by our planet's more powerful gravity. Image via Tony Dunn (@tony873004 on X). Read about Earth's mini-moon. Earth to get a mini-moon starting today! Starting today, September 29, a 33-foot (10 meters) wide asteroid will temporarily begin orbiting Earth. Earth’s gravity will capture this mini-moon until November 25, when the sun will once again pull it away and back into a sun-centered - or heliocentric - orbit. Read more about 2024 PT5, Earth's new, temporary mini-moon. What's between life and death? Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular lifeforms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a 3rd state that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and death. Scientists called them biobots. They are tiny, living robots powered...