JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — You may have heard claims that NASA scientists confirmed the Earth has a second moon, but that statement isn't totally true. NASA did confirm there is a newly discovered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Earth has a second moon? Not exactly, though social media would have you believe it. Earth has only one true natural satellite ...

Viral speculation that earth was now home to a second moon has circulated social media over the past days, but astronomers are keen to point out that reality is more complicated but no less compelling ...

Earth just got itself a second moon, an asteroid named 2025 PN7. Astronomers have spotted the rock, researchers confirmed this week, saying that it qualifies as a “quasi moon”. The small space rock ...

The object is called 2025 PN7, and it was spotted on Aug. 2, 2025, by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. Even though it was just discovered, earlier data shows it's been in this unusual orbit for ...

As of late 2025, NASA had confirmed the existence of a temporary second moon that would remain in orbit next to Earth until 2083. Astronomers discovered a "quasi-satellite" of Earth, also known as a ...

NASA has made it official: Earth has a second moon. Sort of. An asteroid called 2025 PN7 is trailing our planet’s path as a “quasi-moon,” meaning it isn’t orbiting Earth and will only serve as a ...

Recently, the online world has been abuzz with speculation that NASA has confirmed the discovery of a second moon in Earth's orbit. Take any such rumors with a hefty grain of salt. That includes the ...

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 ...