The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...
Earth has adopted a new(ish) traveling companion. It’s a tiny asteroid with quasi-moon status, named 2025 PN7 by astronomers. Not to be mistaken with a mini-moon, the celestial object follows an orbit ...
Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with nothing but our eyes. Yet, that 238,855-mile gap between Earth and its lunar ...