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

Researchers from Spain have discovered a kind of second moon orbiting around Earth. Known as Apollo asteroid 2025 PN7, it was ...

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

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

Solar eclipses only occur at the New Moon phase of the lunar cycle (a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility) ...

September's new moon occurs on Sept. 21 and will partially eclipse the sun for skywatchers in the southern Pacific Ocean and ...

Discover five breathtaking destinations that mirror the Moon’s surface, from Jordan’s Wadi Rum to California’s Death Valley, ...

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

Quantum cryogenics manufacturer Bluefors is betting big on Interlune, a startup that aims to extract Helium-3 from the lunar ...

NASA has estimated that the metals in these asteroids could be worth as much as $10 billion per person, and mining the richest ten asteroids could yield $1.5 trillion. However, the actual extraction ...

"To be able to work on something so detailed, but have it be such a collaborative effort as well was really rewarding," Evan ...

The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready ...