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

For decades, astronomers have wondered whether Earth-like planets are rare gems or commonplace across the stars. Recent ...

It's the reliable celestial companion that's stuck around for 4.5 billion years. But the moon is slowly drifting away from ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

“Based on the Juno radio occultations, we find that the size of Jupiter is smaller, more oblate, because at the equator, the ...

The night sky has an exciting and rare lineup this weekend, with the peak of the chi Cygnid meteor shower expected on Sunday, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have investigated a "failed star," or brown dwarf, nicknamed "The ...

The House committee met to discuss the commerce, justice, and science budget bill, which allocates funding to federal ...

Science advances through data that don't fit our current understanding. At least that was Thomas Kuhn's theory in his famous ...

The Solar System is home to a remarkable range of planets, from tiny rocky worlds to massive gas giants. But just how big are ...

Mysterious spherical droplets in meteorites aren’t just cosmic oddities. They’re evidence of planetary formation.