Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth's distance from the Sun varies by about 3 million miles throughout the year. Earth's orbit's semimajor axis is approximately 93 million miles.

Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...

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

Manhattan-sized comet 3I/ATLAS — which scientists suspect could have extraterrestrial origins — will reach its closest ...

Unlike the familiar Moon, 2025 PN7 does not orbit Earth. Instead, it travels around the Sun along a path that closely ...

Most people would think that Earth only has one moon, but in reality it's had multiple moons on more than one time. And right ...

Astronomers have identified asteroid 2025 PN7 as a quasi-moon, a space rock that travels alongside Earth in a similar orbit ...

The Earth now has another moon to tag along during its orbit around the Sun. Astronomers found out that the Earth has two ...

NASA just confirmed that a quasi-moon has been orbiting since 1960. Here is everything to know about what is being called a ...

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, a small asteroid that will shadow Earth’s orbit for ...

A small asteroid named 2024 PN7 is moving close to Earth, sparking false claims about a second moon — here’s what scientists actually say.