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

Asteroid 2024 PT5 is considered Earth's mini-moon and may be a key target for potential asteroid mining operations.

For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...

The astronaut candidates will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and beyond ...

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 identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...

As of Monday, Sept. 22, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, there's just 1% ...

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

The arrival of mini moon could draw the attention of private companies and agencies focused on asteroid mining ...

HOUSTON — NASA has introduced its new class of astronaut candidates, some of whom may be among the first people to set foot ...

In a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers report the discovery ...