The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

Earth has a newly discovered—albeit temporary—companion in its journey around the sun. In research published this month in ...

Wind from Earth is causing the Moon to rust - New findings indicate a long-term material exchange between Earth and the Moon ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

Witness the first images of the September 2025 partial solar eclipse. The moon and sun put on a magnificent show on Sept. 21 ...

As of Tuesday, Sept. 23, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, there's just 3% ...

This weekend's September new moon will rise amid a partial solar eclipse, giving way to the autumnal equinox. Here's when, ...

Saturn will put on a show for professional and backyard astromers alike, and be the brightest and closest it has been to ...

To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by ...