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 ...

NASA is working on discovering exactly what time it is on the moon by creating a standardized time zone. The space agency ...

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 ...

One of the most important traditions is moon-gazing in the evening when it is at its fullest. Ancient Chinese believed that a good harvest was the result of favorable weather and the blessings of ...

NASA had captioned this image as ‘The Moon dressed like Saturn ... which lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1.5 degree ...

Ferrero compares it to the Chinese New Year, noting that while the latter is a time to stop work and visit family, the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates unity within the context of ongoing duties and ...

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