Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

Asteroid 2024 PT5 is considered Earth's mini-moon and may be a key target for potential asteroid mining operations.

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary ...

Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...

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 was found in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, which can be seen in ...

Astronomers have identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...

In a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers report the discovery ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

As it spins around Earth, the moon is about to reach its closest point to the blue planet.