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Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research. The newly ...

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 ...

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When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers ...

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A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

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