Earth will have a visitor within its orbit for the next several decades, according to astronomers. An asteroid named 2025 PN7 has become a "quasi-moon" to Earth, as it will be sharing an orbit with ...

Humanity’s relationship with the moon has always been simple. One planet, one moon — a cosmic partnership as reliable as sunrise. But that clarity just got murkier. Astronomers have confirmed ...

Earlier this week, rumors were circulating online that the Earth will have a second moon until 2083. The truth is, the Earth’s orbit does have a new guest, but it isn’t exactly a new moon. In ...

Earth has one true moon, but there are also several asteroids known as quasi-moons that are in orbit with the sun. A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 PN7, is the seventh confirmed quasi-moon that ...

Over the past few days, an astronomical piece of space news has been circulating around the internet: NASA purportedly confirmed that Earth has acquired a second moon that will stay with us until 2083 ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now has a second moon in its orbit. Any thoughts that Earth is now going to be ...

The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, a fact confirmed by decades of laser measurements and detailed in a recent ...

Even most rocket scientists would rather avoid hard math when they don't have to do it. So when it comes to figuring out ...

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