Earth asteroid lurked undetected for decades until a telescope in Hawaii spotted it earlier this year. It may be Earth's ...

Astronomers have made an astounding discovery, finding a new ‘moon’, or quasi-moon, that has been following Earth for over ...

Astronomers believe they’ve discovered another so-called quasi-moon of Earth, though it’s likely been circling undetected in near space for decades. Dubbed 2025 PN7, this mini moon is actually an ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to ...

2025-PN7 is around 62 feet (19 meters) wide, and it’s between 2.8 million miles and 37.2 million miles away from Earth. It ...

The region where the gravitational influence of Earth is the dominant force, is called the Hill Sphere. This extends up to ...

As it spins around Earth, the moon is about to reach its closest point to the blue planet.

In a recent breakthrough, astronomers have discovered a new “quasi-moon” that has been orbiting Earth after decades of being ...

An asteroid that was about100 feet wide named 2025 QV9 made a close but safe flyby of Earth on Sunday, 7 September. Experts ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first photo of Earth from the moon. It showed a grainy crescent Earth ...