A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

2025-PN7 is around 62 feet (19 meters) wide, and it’s between 2.8 million miles and 37.2 million miles away from Earth. It ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

A rhythmic mantle plume, like a "geological heartbeat," was discovered beneath Ethiopia at the Afar Depression, ripping the ...

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In a recent breakthrough, astronomers have discovered a new “quasi-moon” that has been orbiting Earth after decades of being ...

Researchers in Japan have found that the parent asteroid of Ryugu, a near-Earth asteroid, retained water in ice form for billions of years, and this could challenge previously existing theories on how ...

A small and dim moon has been discovered in orbit around Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29. Many of the ice giant’s other moons are named after characters from works by William Shakespeare, ...

Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed on ...

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 ...

A comet named “Devil” has revealed an important clue about the origin of water on Earth. Researchers recently discovered that water on Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a rare galactic phenomenon known for its ...

Water found on Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is "virtually indistinguishable" from water found on Earth. A "devil" comet's water is ...