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 ...
2025 PN7 is a small, dim asteroid that appears to orbit Earth, according to EarthSky. Believed to be a piece of the moon that ...
Despite the newcomer, Earth still has just one true moon. NASA says 2025 PN7 keeps its distance - about 4 million kilometers ...
As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.
Contrary to online rumors, Earth still only has one true moon, but astronomers have discovered a so-called 'quasi-moon.' Here ...
Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon oribiting about 239,000 miles away. However, ...
A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...
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 ...
Nasa announced this week that the object, first identified by the University of Hawaii, qualifies as a “quasi-moon.” It’s not ...
Astronomers have discovered a small asteroid that has been quietly accompanying Earth on its journey around the sun for the ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032, and some scientists are considering whether they ...
Several celestial objects have been spotted over the years and deemed a "quasi-moon" by astronomers, including asteroid 2025 ...