For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...
The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.
Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.
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A ‘Quasi-Moon’ Has Been Quietly Orbiting With Earth for 60 Years — Astronomers Just Confirmed It
A small asteroid has been quietly following Earth’s orbit for decades—unseen, unbothered and, until recently, completely ...
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Scientists find quasi-moon orbiting the Earth for the last 60 years—and it's not the first one
Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary ...
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Astronomers Say Earth Has a Newly Discovered ‘Quasi-Moon,’ a Companion That Shares Its Orbit Around the Sun
Researchers are discussing 2025 PN7, a small celestial body that's following a similar orbital path to our planet's without being gravitationally tied to Earth ...
Earth has a new quasi-moon, which is called 2025 PN7. A new paper has revealed that it has been orbiting near our planet ...
Our planet has apparently had a small companion that went undetected for decades. What took so long to find it and why was it hidden?
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 ...
Astronomers discovered a small quasi-moon named 2025 PN7 orbiting near Earth, first observed on August 2, 2025, from Hawaii’s ...
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The Moon Is Moving Farther From Earth Each Year, and Tides Are the Reason
Learn more about tides and tidal bulge, and how they’re contributing to the moon drifting away.
In a recent breakthrough, astronomers have discovered a new “quasi-moon” that has been orbiting Earth after decades of being ...
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