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

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

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

The newly discovered asteroid is expected to tag along on the Earth's path around the sun for another 60 years.

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 ...

As it spins around Earth, the moon is about to reach its closest point to the blue planet.

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

Saturn will put on a show for professional and backyard astromers alike, and be the brightest and closest it has been to ...

Is it a full moon tonight? Wondering what is the planet and bright star shining next to the moon? Here's what to know and how ...

As of Friday, Sept. 19, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 5% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon ...