Astronomers have identified a skyscraper-sized asteroid, 2025 SC79, orbiting incredibly close to the Sun and at a near-record ...

The asteroid is estimated to measure about 700 meters in diameter. Its orbit crosses Mercury’s path, and it remains largely ...

THAT’s NO MOON - Earth doesn’t just have one moon; sometimes, it has a companion satellite or “mini-moon.” Discovered on ...

The 2025 PN7 is Earth's newly confirmed quasi-moon, a tiny asteroid (approx. 19m wide) that orbits the Sun in sync with our ...

A fast-orbiting, 700-metre asteroid discovered within Venus's orbit highlights hidden near-Sun populations and underscores ...

The drive to Meteor Crater takes you through quintessential Arizona landscape – endless horizons, scattered juniper and pinyon pines, and that particular shade of rusty orange soil that seems to exist ...

China’s Advancing BeiDou Navigation Satellite System China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, often just called BDS, has ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring ...

The reason people might think Earth has a second moon is due to a celestial body named 2025 PN7 that was spotted in August by Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS observatory. It isn’t abnorma ...

In contrast, quasi-moons like 2025 PN7 have a more stable orbit around the Sun while maintaining a close relationship with Earth. Currently, there are seven known quasi-satellites near our planet, as ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...