Earth's cosmic neighbourhood is more dynamic than imagined, hosting temporary 'mini-moons' captured by gravity and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers have discovered 2025 PN7, a small quasi-moon that mirrors Earth’s orbit around the Sun. (CREDIT: ESA) Earth has just ...
The Earth has a new follower. Astronomers recently discovered a tiny quasi-moon that they believe has been orbiting the sun alongside the Earth for decades. The new quasi-moon, which is being called ...
Astronomers have discovered a small asteroid that has been quietly accompanying Earth on its journey around the sun for the past 60 years, according to research published in September. The celestial ...
The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...
The object is called 2025 PN7, and it was spotted on Aug. 2, 2025, by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. Even though it was just discovered, earlier data shows it's been in this unusual orbit for ...
Images obtained from South Korean GEO-KOMPSAT-2A show a warm shadow darkening Antarctica.
The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...
If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever seen before.