Earth has picked up a new traveling companion – an asteroid named 2025 PN7 that now moves through space in step with us. This ...
In recent days, you may have come across posts on the internet claiming that Earth now has two moons. The news went viral on social media, with people sharing images and captions publicizing that ...
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 ...
An asteroid has effectively become a long-term "quasi-moon" to Earth, shadowing our planet in a shared solar orbit until the year 2083, according to recent findings published in IOP Science.
Asteroid 2025 PN7 orbits Earth similarly to the moon but is a quasi-satellite. The asteroid poses no threat and will never come closer than 4 million kilometers to Earth. Other quasi-satellites ...
Has Earth acquired a second moon? Not exactly. Astronomers recently discovered a new quasi-moon. This asteroid with a diameter of 50 feet will be accompanying Earth as it orbits the Sun for the next ...
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 ...