Earth just got itself a second moon, an asteroid named 2025 PN7. Astronomers have spotted the rock, researchers confirmed this week, saying that it qualifies as a “quasi moon”. The small space rock ...

NASA has recently confirmed that Earth has a second moon, known as a quasi-moon or quasi-satellite. This quasi-moon (2025 PN7) is an asteroid that acts as a temporary companion to Earth and has a ...

Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary impacts and Earth's internal cooling, causing contraction and ...

Scientists confirm Earth doesn’t have a permanent second moon, only small quasi-satellites and 'minimoons' that briefly share its orbit. The idea that Earth might have a second moon has long ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between ...