Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Move over moon, Earth has a new partner and it’s a small asteroid named 2025 PN7, now officially recognized by NASA as a ...
The recently spotted asteroid 2025 PN7 appears to be the source of the rumor mill about Earth's supposed second moon. Earth has several quasi-moons that get their name due to the fact that they ...
The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...
The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a detailed study published byThe Conversation, the Moon is moving approximately 1.5 ...
A shy space rock is making its lunar debut. Astronomers believe they’ve discovered another so-called quasi-moon of Earth, though it’s likely been circling undetected in near space for decades. Dubbed ...
The Earth has a second moon? Not exactly, though social media would have you believe it. Earth has only one true natural satellite – our 2,159-mile-wide moon located approximately 239,000 miles away.
The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...
With this explosive mechanism, the proto-Earth could have had a longer day of four to six hours and an angular momentum similar to that of the present Earth-moon system. Yet this idea was also ...