Scientists out of the Pan-STARRs observatory in Hawaii discovered the new quasi-moon on Aug. 29, according to CNN and ABC ...

The study explains that 2025 PN7 is currently in a 1:1 resonance with Earth, meaning it takes the same time to orbit the Sun ...

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As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

Astronomers have found a space rock that has been quietly hanging around Earth for decades: a tiny asteroid named 2025 PN7. This so-called “quasi-moon” isn’t a true moon or a mini-moon, because it ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now ...

The moon isn’t alone; astronomers have discovered a new quasi-moon that’s following Earth’s orbit, but it’s only sticking ...

Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon oribiting about 239,000 miles away. However, ...

Scientists have studied our solar system, which is home to eight major planets and more than 400 known moons orbiting six of them, to understand the new phase of the moon formation observed around ...

A small asteroid named 2024 PN7 is moving close to Earth, sparking false claims about a second moon — here’s what scientists actually say.

NASA has made a significant discovery. Near Earth, NASA has found an asteroid that is being described as Earth's second 'moon ...

Scientists found new evidence to strengthen the case that Enceladus, small moon of Saturn about 310 miles wide, may have conditions suitable for life.