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The next full moon will be the closest supermoon of 2025, set to shine for days. Here's when to watch and what to know about November's beaver moon.
November's full moon will be the closest supermoon of 2025. What to know about Beaver Moon and when to see it in Louisville
The study explains that 2025 PN7 is currently in a 1:1 resonance with Earth, meaning it takes the same time to orbit the Sun as we do-about one year. That synchronized motion keeps it near Earth, but it's never gravitationally bound to our planet like the moon is.
It may sound like a sci-fi headline but it's very real -- Earth now has a new celestial companion, a little asteroid named Arjuna 2025 PN7 by scientists. NASA has confirmed that the rock, discovered by the University of Hawaii, is officially a “quasi-moon” — a rare type of celestial companion that travels almost exactly in sync with Earth.
It sounds like a sci-fi plot, but it’s a cold, hard scientific fact: our closest cosmic neighbor, the moon, is slowly moving farther from Earth. Is this a big deal? And if so, how does it affect life here on our planet?
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Earth Has Two Moons? Think Again — NASA Reveals the Hidden 'Eight-Moon Club' Orbiting Our Planet
The latest member of the caled as 2025 PN7, a newly discovered asteroid that could expand Earth's 'moon family' to eight.