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

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from the hemisphere that has a surplus to the one that has a deficit,” Soden says. This could influence ocean currents and the location of rainfall bands, which can have ramifications for water availability.

The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to the sun.

Technically, it's not a real moon. It's what scientists call a quasi-moon-a space rock that doesn't orbit Earth directly but stays nearby in a way that makes it look like it does.