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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

Our planet has apparently had a small companion that went undetected for decades. What took so long to find it and why was it hidden?

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...