Earth has welcomed a new temporary mini-moon, asteroid 2025 PN7, a 62-foot object now orbiting our planet for decades. This ...

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, a small asteroid that will shadow Earth’s orbit for ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically ...

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

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

Astronomers claim that this space rock has been performing a complicated orbital dance around Earth since the 1960s and will ...

Viral speculation that earth was now home to a second moon has circulated social media over the past days, but astronomers ...

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 ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...

A small asteroid, known as 2025 TF, flew over Antarctica on October 1, 2025, at an altitude of only 266 miles.

Earth only has one true moon, but astronomers have identified a handful of asteroids they call "quasi-moons" because they appear to mimic the moon's behavior.

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