It won't be there forever, but Earth will have a second moon when a small asteroid begins to orbit the planet later this ...

2024 PT₅ will then swing past for a final goodbye on 9 January 2025, coming within 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) ...

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon ...

The Chang'e 4 robot has been working away since early 2019. China's lunar rover Yutu 2 is still active on the far side of the moon nearly six years after its historic touchdown. Earlier this year ...

Fluffier’ soil distinct from previous near side samples, may offer ‘highly significant’ insights into lunar origin, evolution ...

A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two months.

The full harvest supermoon will shine brightly in the night sky Tuesday evening. A partial lunar eclipse, with a “bite” taken ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

When used for good, the power of social media can have an extremely positive impact. One local photographer who captured and ...

An asteroid is approaching the Earth which the experts say will come close enough to be caught in our planet’s gravity well, ...

Most of them wander far beyond our perception ... If you miss these two visits, the next mini-moon might often be just a few ...