THAT’s NO MOON - Earth doesn’t just have one moon; sometimes, it has a companion satellite or “mini-moon.” Discovered on ...

A fast-orbiting, 700-metre asteroid discovered within Venus's orbit highlights hidden near-Sun populations and underscores ...

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 ...

The discovery of quasi-moon PN7 has caused a stir on social media. A University of Oregon astronomy professor explains. what ...

The exoplanet, dubbed GJ 251 c, is at least four times larger than our own planet and is likely to be a rocky world located ...

Astronomers have identified a skyscraper-sized asteroid, 2025 SC79, orbiting incredibly close to the Sun and at a near-record ...

The discovery of a new asteroid in the Earth's orbit around the sun has led to chatter that it's a second moon.

NASA has confirmed a new cosmic tag-along: asteroid 2025 PN7, a “quasi-moon” orbiting the Sun in sync with Earth. This tiny ...

I/ATLAS will be visible to ground telescopes through September, after which it will pass too close to the Sun to observe, ...

Unlike the Moon, which is gravitationally bound to Earth, 2025 PN7 is classified as a quasi-moon — a near-Earth object that ...

In contrast, quasi-moons like 2025 PN7 have a more stable orbit around the Sun while maintaining a close relationship with Earth. Currently, there are seven known quasi-satellites near our planet, as ...

Earth, called Ross 508 b, orbiting a small red dwarf star just 37 light-years from Earth. The discovery, made using the ...