A new image of an asteroid, referred to as a “quasi-moon,” has been released CNSA China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft reached a “quasi-moon,” a small asteroid orbiting the Sun and close to Earth, after a ...

Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary companions. These "quasi-moons" are small asteroids that enter into a kind ...

Quasi-moons are "moons" that orbit planets and seem to behave like regular moons at first glance. In truth, however, a quasi-moon follows an orbit around the sun (like an asteroid would) rather than ...

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around Earth. Unlike the Earth's moon, quasi-moons are not gravitationally bound ...