A small asteroid has been quietly following Earth’s orbit for decades—unseen, unbothered and, until recently, completely ...

The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...

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

A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon falls during the closest point in the moon's orbit to Earth, NASA said. The full ...

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

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

Learn more about tides and tidal bulge, and how they’re contributing to the moon drifting away.

At its nearest, 2025 PN7 comes 186,000 miles (299,337 kilometres) from Earth. Its average distance is about 238,855 miles ...

Due to the influence the Earth plays on the moon’s momentum, the Earth’s rotation slows down in response, as explained by DiKerby. However, given that this is such a minor change in distance annually, ...

September’s Full Corn Moon is eclipsed for some observers, Titan passes behind Saturn, and Mars moves north of Spica in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon that is small and dim in orbit around Uranus. The discovery brings ...

In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft ...