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In the 1960s, 2025 PN7 began travelling in step with Earth. 60 years later, American astronomers discovered it and found older images hiding the asteroid in plain sight2025 PN7 was hiding in plain sight for decades. The tiny asteroid has been traveling around the Sun in step with Earth since roughly the 19...- China's Tianwen-2 captures first close-up image of Earth's quasi-moon ahead of historic sample missionChina's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has reached Kamo'oalewa, a temporary quasi-moon of Earth. The mission faces challenges due to the asteroid's s...
- Earth's hidden ‘mini-moon’ revealed like never before: China’s Tianwen-2 captures first-ever close-up of Kamoʻoalewa, a mysterious asteroid that may be a lost piece of the MoonChina's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured the first close-up image of Kamoʻoalewa. This rare quasi-satellite is often called Earth's mini-m...
- Earth Has a “Second Moon” (Sort Of): The Science of Mini-MoonsEarth's cosmic neighbourhood is more dynamic than imagined, hosting temporary 'mini-moons' captured by gravity and 'quasi-moons' in resonan...
- Earth’s new Quasi-Moon might be a Russian satellite; Why this Harvard astrophysicist thinks so and what is its Venus connectionProfessor Avi Loeb suggests Earth's new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, might be a relic of the 1960s Soviet space race. His research indicates its o...
- Is Earth’s second moon visible to the naked eye? Here’s how you can see the 2025 PN7Unlike the familiar Moon, 2025 PN7 does not orbit Earth. Instead, it travels around the Sun along a path that closely parallels Earth’s orb...
- For 60 years, a mysterious ‘secret second moon’ has been orbiting Earth: Scientists are now stunned by this unique discoveryAstronomers have identified 2025 PN7, a small, faint asteroid, as a quasi-moon that has been orbiting near Earth for approximately 60 years...
- What will happen to 2025 PN7 after 2083, Earth’s newly discovered ‘quasi-moon,’ and why it went unnoticed for decadesAstronomers have confirmed a small asteroid, named 2025 PN7, has been orbiting the Sun alongside Earth for over sixty years. Discovered in ...
- What is 2025 PN7, Earth’s new quasi-moon staying until 2083, its importance and and is it a threat to usAstronomers identified asteroid 2025 PN7 as a quasi-moon of Earth in 2025, a rare celestial companion sharing Earth's solar orbit. This nea...
- Earth's new companion 'quasi moon' astonishes astronomers as it shares its orbit around the sun. What is 2025 PN7?Scientists have discovered asteroid 2025 PN7, a celestial body now identified as a quasi-satellite. This asteroid will orbit Earth's path f...
- Astronomers discover Earth’s newest Quasi-Moon: 2025 PN7Astronomers have recently discovered a new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, a tiny asteroid that has likely been near Earth for approximately 60 years...
- China launches mission to retrieve asteroid samplesChina has launched its Tianwen-2 spacecraft. The mission aims to collect samples from a nearby asteroid. The Long March 3B rocket carried t...
- Japan launches latest satellite of positioning systemTokyo, Oct 10 (IANS) Japan on Tuesday successfully launched the fourth and final satellite that makes up its terrestrial positioning networ...
- Japan puts third GPS satellite into orbitTokyo, Aug 19 (IANS) Japan on Saturday launched a rocket and put the third of its new quasi-zenith satellites into orbit to help improve th...
- Sun experiences seasonal changes: StudyThe quasi-annual variations appear to be driven by changes in the bands of strong magnetic fields in each solar hemisphere, researchers sai...
- ISRO gears up to launch IRNSS 1DAfter completing an eventful year, ISRO is gearing up for some satellite launches this year, with the IRNSS 1D being the first.
- ISRO successfully launches IRNSS 1C navigation satelliteIRNSS 1C is the third of the series of seven satellites ISRO is planing to launch to put in place what is called the Indian Regional Naviga...
- Countdown for IRNSS 1C launch to commence tomorrow"The 67-hr countdown till 1.56 AM on the launch date of Oct 10 would commence around 7 AM tomorrow," ISRO spokesman Deviprasad Karnik said.
- India launches first navigation satellite IRNSS-1APrecisely at 11.41 pm PSLV C22 lifted off in a perfect text book launch, carrying IRNSS-1A satellite, painting a dense golden flame in the ...
- China to launch fourth orbiter into spaceChina will soon launch its fourth orbiter into space as part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network known as 'Beido...
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