Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, simulations show.

NASA is set to launch three spacecrafts Tuesday with the goal of unlocking the mysteries of solar weather at the edge of our solar system.

A small asteroid has been quietly following the Earth around the sun for decades, and this "quasi-moon" is expected to stick ...

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

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

There was an explosion on the spacecraft 200,000 miles from Earth, but miraculously everyone on board made it back home ...

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