Despite the newcomer, Earth still has just one true moon. NASA says 2025 PN7 keeps its distance - about 4 million kilometers ...

2025 PN7 is a small, dim asteroid that appears to orbit Earth, according to EarthSky. Believed to be a piece of the moon that ...

The Earth often gets a few visitors in the solar system, but some stick around for a while. Here's what to know about the ...

Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

China's Chang'e-6 mission, the first sample return mission to the far side of the Moon, discovered extremely rare water-rich ...

Is Earth's new 'second moon' dangerous? Get the truth about Asteroid 2025 PN7, the harmless quasi-moon that baffles NASA ...

This quasi-moon is expected to remain in its current near-Earth orbit for about another 60 years before the gravitational tug ...

Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon oribiting about 239,000 miles away. However, experts recently found the latest of the planet's quasi-moons; a small body that ...

The celestial object is what scientists call a quasi-moon — an asteroid that orbits the sun but appears to move alongside ...

NASA did confirm there is a newly discovered “quasi-moon.” A quasi-moon is an asteroid that moves in sync with Earth. It’s ...

The mini-moon/asteroid will only be joining Earth's orbit temporarily before it returns to its other orbital path.